Editing Royal Welch Fusiliers (section)

====First World War; Territorial and War Service====
The TF battalions raised 2nd and 3rd Line battalions; in addition, the regiment raised over a dozen 'war service' battalions, informally known as [[Kitchener's Army|Kitchener]] or [[Pals battalion]]s.<ref name = James/><ref name = trail/><ref>Peter Simkins, ''Kitchener's Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 – 1916'' (2007)</ref>

The 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion was one of the first TF units to see active service, landing in France in November 1914, where it remained until January 1919.<ref name = James/><ref name = trail/><ref>{{cite web |title=4th Denbighshire Battalion |url=https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=878 |website=Wartime Memories Project |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> Between 1915 and 1918, another ten Royal Welch Kitchener battalions also fought on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], including the battles of [[Battle of Loos|Loos]], [[Battle of the Somme|the Somme]] and [[Battle of Passchendaele|Passchendaele]]; a number of these were disbanded in early 1918 due to manpower shortages. The poets [[David Jones (artist-poet)|David Jones]] and [[Hedd Wyn]] served with The 11th (Service) Battalion landed in [[Thessaloniki|Salonika]] in November 1915, where it remained for the duration of the war.<ref name=James /><ref>{{cite web |title=11th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers |url=https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=7380|website=Wartime Memories Project |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>

The 5th, 6th, 7th Territorial battalions fought at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]] as part of the [[53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division|53rd (Welsh) Division]]; by January 1916, it contained 162 officers and 2,428 men, approximately 15% of full strength.<ref name = Becke53/><ref name = Trail53/> The 8th Kitchener Battalion was also at Gallipoli as part of [[13th (Western) Division]]. They remained in the Middle East until the end of the war, the 53rd (Welsh) taking part in the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]] and the 13th (Western) in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]].<ref name = Becke53/><ref name = Trail53/><ref name = James/><ref name = trail/><ref>{{cite web |title=7th (Merioneth & Montgomery) |url=https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/allied/battalion.php?pid=881|website=Wartime Memories Project |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref>