1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers

1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers 5th (Flintshire) Bn, Royal Welch Fusiliers 60th (Royal Welch Fusiliers) A/T Rgt, RA 101st LAA/AT Rgt, RA 384 (Royal Welch Fusiliers) A/T Rgt, RA
Active	27 March 1860– 31 October 1956
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
Role	Infantry Anti-tank artillery
Size	1-3 Infantry battalions 2 Artillery regiments
Part of	53rd (Welsh) Division 1st Armoured Division
Garrison/HQ	Rhyl Hawarden Flint
Engagements	First World War: Gallipoli Battle of Scimitar Hill Palestine First Battle of Gaza Battle of Tell 'Asur Second World War: France Battle of Abbeville Western Desert Battle of Gazala Defence of Outpost Snipe Tunisia Tebaga Gap Italy Operation Olive
Commanders
Notable commanders	Rudolph Feilding, 8th Earl of Denbigh

The 1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers, later 5th (Flintshire) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers, was a Welsh unit of the British Army's auxiliary forces. First raised in 1860, it fought as infantry at Gallipoli), in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War. Converted to the anti-tank role, it fought in the Battle of France, the Western Desert and Italy in the Second World War. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army until amalgamated with a neighbouring unit in 1956.