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For the regular infantry regiment raised in 1741, and which became the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a> in 1881, see <a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot">43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output 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War">Second Boer War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Monmouthshire Regiment</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. Originating in units of <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">rifle volunteers</a> formed in <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_(historic)" title="Monmouthshire (historic)">Monmouthshire</a> in 1859, the regiment served in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Boer_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Anglo-Boer War">Second Anglo-Boer War</a> and both <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> and <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> before losing its separate identity in 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Units of <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">rifle volunteers</a> were formed throughout <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> in 1859 and 1860 in response to a perceived threat of invasion by France following the <a href="/wiki/Orsini_affair" title="Orsini affair">Orsini affair</a>. The raising of such units was to be authorised by <a href="/wiki/Lord-lieutenant" title="Lord-lieutenant">lieutenants of counties</a> in England, Wales and Scotland.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first corps in Monmouthshire was raised on 9 September 1859.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frederick171_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick171-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 1880 the various small corps in the county had been consolidated into three <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">battalion</a>-sized units, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteer Corps.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frederick171_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick171-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the following year the <a href="/wiki/Childers_Reforms" title="Childers Reforms">Childers Reforms</a> of line infantry saw the three Monmouthshire corps becoming volunteer battalions of the <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">regular</a> <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a>. In 1885 they were redesignated as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Volunteer battalions of the <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a> (the 1st Volunteer Battalion being formed at the same time from the 1st <a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire" title="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire</a> Rifle Volunteers).<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frederick171_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick171-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the volunteer battalions saw no active service as units, during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> they provided volunteer Active Service Companies to serve in South Africa, all of which were attached to the regular 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, and they received the <a href="/wiki/Battle_honours_of_the_British_and_Imperial_Armies" title="Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies">battle honour</a> "South Africa 1900-02".<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Margesson85_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson85-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation_of_the_regiment">Formation of the regiment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation of the regiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Reserve forces were reorganised under the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Reserve_Forces_Act_1907" title="Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907">Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907</a>. Among other provisions the act abolished the Volunteer Force and replaced it with a new <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a>. Units were transferred, with changes in nomenclature, to the new force on 1 April 1908. <sup id="cite_ref-order_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-order-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The three Monmouthshire volunteer battalions were redesignated (and partially reorganised) as battalions of a new territorial-only <b>Monmouthshire Regiment</b>:<sup id="cite_ref-Margesson85_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson85-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-order_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-order-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1st (Rifle) Battalion</b>. Based at <a href="/wiki/Lower_Dock_Street_drill_hall,_Newport" title="Lower Dock Street drill hall, Newport">Lower Dock Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Wales" title="Newport, Wales">Newport</a> and formed from the 2nd Volunteer Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2nd Battalion</b>. Based at Osborne Road in <a href="/wiki/Pontypool" title="Pontypool">Pontypool</a> (since demolished) and formed from the 3rd Volunteer Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3rd Battalion</b>. Based at <a href="/wiki/Baker_Street_drill_hall,_Abergavenny" title="Baker Street drill hall, Abergavenny">Baker Street</a> in <a href="/wiki/Abergavenny" title="Abergavenny">Abergavenny</a> and formed from the 4th Volunteer Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The Territorial Force was organised into 14 infantry divisions, and the 1st-3rd Battalions of the Monmouthshire Regiment, along with the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry" title="Herefordshire Light Infantry">Herefordshire Regiment</a>, formed the <a href="/wiki/160th_(Wales)_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="160th (Wales) Brigade">Welsh Border Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">Welsh Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>With the outbreak of war in August 1914 the Territorial Force was mobilised. In all the Monmouthshire Regiment formed battalions, most of which fought on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>, during the conflict as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-Margesson17_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson17-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-list_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1/1st (Rifle) Battalion</b>: redesignation of 1st Battalion in September 1914 on formation of second-line 2/1st Battalion. Transferred to <a href="/wiki/84th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="84th Brigade (United Kingdom)">84th Brigade</a> of the newly formed <a href="/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th Division</a> in France in February 1915, it soon saw service in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres" title="Second Battle of Ypres">Second Battle of Ypres</a>, suffering severe casualties. In May 1915 it was temporarily amalgamated with the 1/2nd and 1/3rd Battalions at Vlamertinghe in <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> to form a composite unit. Brought up to strength with replacements, the 1/1st resumed its own identity in August 1915. In September 1915 it was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland) Division</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_(military)" title="Pioneer (military)">pioneer</a> battalion. It remained with the division for the rest of the war, and was at <a href="/wiki/Avesnes" title="Avesnes">Avesnes</a> in northern France at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice of 11 November 1918</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2/1st (Rifle) Battalion</b>: formed as a second-line duplicate of the 1st Battalion in Newport in September 1914. It did not move outside the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, performing home defence duties, mostly in <a href="/wiki/Suffolk" title="Suffolk">Suffolk</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd</a> and <a href="/wiki/68th_(2nd_Welsh)_Division" title="68th (2nd Welsh) Division">68th</a> Divisions. It was disbanded at <a href="/wiki/Lowestoft" title="Lowestoft">Lowestoft</a> in March 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3/1st (Rifle) Battalion</b>: formed as a "third-line" duplicate of the 1st Battalion in February 1915. It remained in the United Kingdom (in <a href="/wiki/Shropshire" title="Shropshire">Shropshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flintshire_(historic)" title="Flintshire (historic)">Flintshire</a>). In April 1916 it was redesignated as the <b>1st (Reserve) Battalion</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1/2nd Battalion</b>: redesignation of 2nd Battalion in September 1914 on formation of second-line 2/2nd Battalion. Transferred to the <a href="/wiki/12th_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">12th Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th Division</a> in France in November 1914. It spent the winter taking part in <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trench warfare</a> near <a href="/wiki/Armenti%C3%A8res" title="Armentières">Armentières</a>. It subsequently took part in the Second Battle of Ypres in April and May 1915, fighting alongside the 1/1st and 1/3rd Monmouths in the 28th Division. Such were the losses that the three battalions were temporarily amalgamated. By July 1915 the 1/2nd had been brought up to strength and resumed its own existence. It transferred to the <a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th Division</a> as a pioneer battalion. It stayed in this role for the rest of the conflict, ending the war near <a href="/wiki/Ronse" title="Ronse">Renaix</a> in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. It formed part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">army of occupation of Germany</a> before returning to <a href="/wiki/Pontypool" title="Pontypool">Pontypool</a> where it were disbanded in June 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2/2nd Battalion</b>: formed as a second-line duplicate of the 2nd Battalion in Pontypool in September 1914. Its service and stations were identical with those of the 2/1st Battalion. It was disbanded at Lowestoft in April 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3/2nd Battalion</b>: formed as a "third-line" duplicate of the 2nd Battalion in February 1915. Its service and stations were identical with those of the 3/1st Battalion. In April 1916 it was redesignated as the <b>2nd (Reserve) Battalion</b> and in September 1916 was absorbed by the 1st (Reserve) Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>1/3rd Battalion</b>: redesignation of 3rd Battalion in September 1914 on formation of second-line 2/3rd Battalion. Transferred to the <a href="/wiki/83rd_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="83rd Brigade (United Kingdom)">83rd Brigade</a> of the newly formed 28th Division in France in February 1915, fought alongside 1/1st and 1/2nd Battalions at the Second Battle of Ypres, due to losses it was temporarily amalgamated with the 1/1st and 1/2nd Battalions. Brought up to strength with replacements, the 1/3rd resumed its own identity in August 1915. In September 1915 it was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding) Division</a> as a pioneer battalion. In 1916 it became GHQ troops. Due to the fact that many men in Monmouthshire were engaged in the vital wartime industries of coal-mining and steel making, it was found increasingly difficult to find drafts to reinforce the battalion, and on 31 August 1916 it was disbanded with troops transferred to the 1/1st and 1/2nd Battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2/3rd Battalion</b>: formed as a second-line duplicate of the 3rd Battalion in Abergavenny in September 1914. Its service and stations were identical with those of the 2/1st and 2/2nd Battalions. It was disbanded at <a href="/wiki/Herringfleet" title="Herringfleet">Herringfleet</a> in August 1917, with troops transferred to 2/1st and 2/2nd Battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3/3rd Battalion</b>: formed as a "third-line" duplicate of the 3rd Battalion in February 1915. Its service and stations were identical with those of the 3/1st Battalion. In April 1916 it was redesignated as the <b>3rd (Reserve) Battalion</b> and in September 1916 was absorbed by the 1st (Reserve) Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>4th Battalion</b>: a redesignation of the <b>48th Provisional Battalion, Territorial Force</b> in January 1917. This unit had been formed in June 1915 from personnel of the Monmouthshire and <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Herefordshire Regiment">Herefordshire Regiment</a> who were ineligible for service overseas. Stationed in <a href="/wiki/Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-longtrail_4-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-longtrail-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-museum_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-museum-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inter-war">Inter-war</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Inter-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All units of the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> were disbanded soon after the end of the war in 1918 and 1919. Early in 1920 recruitment restarted and in October 1920 the force was renamed to the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The three battalions were reconstituted in February 1920: </p> <ul><li><b>1st (Rifle) Battalion</b> at Newport<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>2nd Battalion</b> at Pontypool<sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>3rd Battalion</b> at Abergavenny<sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In 1921 it was announced that there would be a reduction in the size of the Territorial Army with a number of pairs of infantry battalions amalgamated.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd Battalion was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire_Battalion" title="Brecknockshire Battalion">Brecknockshire Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a> to become the <b>3rd (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment</b> in 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1938 and 1939 there was a reorganisation of the Territorial Army as the threat of a new European war re-emerged. Many infantry battalions were converted to an anti-aircraft role: in 1938 the 1st Battalion became a searchlight regiment as <b>1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (68th Searchlight Regiment)</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frederick171_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick171-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Frederick872_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick872-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1939 it was announced that the size of the TA was to be doubled, with each existing unit forming a duplicate.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By June 1939 the regiment comprised four battalions:<sup id="cite_ref-Margesson85_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson85-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><b>1st (Rifle) Battalion</b> (68th Searchlight Regiment)</li> <li><b>2nd Battalion</b></li> <li><b>3rd Battalion</b> (the amalgamation with the Brecknockshire Battalion had ended with the formation of a duplicate battalion)</li> <li><b>4th Battalion</b> (duplicate of the 2nd Battalion.)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1st_(Rifle)_Battalion"><span id="1st_.28Rifle.29_Battalion"></span>1st (Rifle) Battalion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1st (Rifle) Battalion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/68th_(1st_(Rifle)_Battalion,_The_Monmouthshire_Regiment)_Searchlight_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="68th (1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery">68th (1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery</a></div> <p>On 1 August 1940 all the infantry battalions that had converted to anti-aircraft roles transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> (RA) and from that date ceased to be part of the corps of their parent regiments. 68th Searchlight Regiment (which regained its Monmouthshire Regiment subtitle in 1942) served through the war in <a href="/wiki/Anti-Aircraft_Command" title="Anti-Aircraft Command">Anti-Aircraft Command</a> until in November 1944 it reverted to infantry as 68th (Monmouthshire) Garrison Regiment, RA (later 609 (Monmouthshire) Regiment, RA) and carried out duties on the <a href="/wiki/Line_of_communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Line of communications">Lines of Communication</a> for <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> in North West Europe.<sup id="cite_ref-Frederick872_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick872-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Litchfield_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litchfield-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2nd_Battalion">2nd Battalion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2nd Battalion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland,_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg/220px-Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg/330px-Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg/440px-Troops_of_the_2nd_Monmouthshire_Regiment_leap_from_their_Universal_carrier_during_an_exercise_near_Newry_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_26_April_1941._H9234.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment, part of the <a href="/wiki/160th_(Wales)_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="160th (Wales) Brigade">160th Infantry Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division</a>, leap from their <a href="/wiki/Universal_Carrier" title="Universal Carrier">Universal Carrier</a> during an <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercise</a> near Newry in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, 26 April 1941.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="233" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1238.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Private A. Anderson of the 2nd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, during the assault on Venraij, 17 October 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>2nd Battalion</b> was mobilised on the outbreak of war in September 1939, as part of <a href="/wiki/160th_(Wales)_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="160th (Wales) Brigade">160th Infantry Brigade</a>, which also included the 1/4th and 1/5th battalions of the <a href="/wiki/Welch_Regiment" title="Welch Regiment">Welch Regiment</a>, attached to the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division</a>. After a long period of training in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and England, they landed in Normandy on 28 June 1944, twenty-two days after the initial <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day landings</a>, with the rest of 53rd Division and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Normandy Campaign</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Battle for Caen</a>. Soon after arrival, they took part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Epsom" title="Operation Epsom">Operation Epsom</a>, spending two weeks in <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trenches</a> between <a href="/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)" title="Operation Jupiter (1944)">Hill 112</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Odon" title="Second Battle of the Odon">River Odon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Margesson20_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson20-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They next saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Battle of the Falaise Gap</a> in August 1944, where the battalion suffered heavy casualties and 'A' and 'B' Companies had to be amalgamated. 'B' Company was soon reformed again from a large number of men from the now disbanded 5th <a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">East Lancashire Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion later advanced with the 53rd (Welsh) Division, liberating <a href="/wiki/Merville,_Nord" title="Merville, Nord">Merville</a> and crossing into the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. By October they had reached the <a href="/wiki/Nederrijn" title="Nederrijn">Nederrijn</a> and took part in the attack on <a href="/wiki/%27s-Hertogenbosch" title="'s-Hertogenbosch">'s-Hertogenbosch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 1944 they took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">counter offensive</a> against the German advances in the Ardennes forest.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1945 they moved to The Netherlands for a period of training prior to <a href="/wiki/Operation_Veritable" title="Operation Veritable">Operation Veritable</a>, also known as the Battle of the Reichswald. They entered Germany on 8 February, taking part in a month's heavy fighting and suffering 300 casualties before being withdrawn for rest.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="216" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1829.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="785" /></a><figcaption>Men of the carrier platoon of the 3rd Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment, part of 159th Infantry Brigade of the 11th Armoured Division, February 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>The battalion continued to advance across Germany, forcing a crossing of the <a href="/wiki/River_Aller" title="River Aller">River Aller</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rethem" title="Rethem">Rethem</a> on 11 April 1945. This was their last major action of the war: they were at <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> when the <a href="/wiki/German_Instrument_of_Surrender" title="German Instrument of Surrender">German Instrument of Surrender</a> came into effect.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later, the battalion was sent to <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a> in November and was disbanded the following September.<sup id="cite_ref-2monww2_22-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2monww2-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="3rd_Battalion">3rd Battalion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 3rd Battalion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>3rd Battalion</b> was mobilised at the same time as the 2nd Battalion as part of the <a href="/wiki/159th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="159th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">159th Infantry Brigade</a>, alongside the 4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> and the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry" title="Herefordshire Light Infantry">Herefordshire Regiment</a>, part of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division and trained alongside it in Northern Ireland and England. In May 1942 the battalion, together with the rest of the 159th Brigade, were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th Armoured Division</a> and trained for another two years before, on 14 June 1944, the battalion <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">landed in Normandy</a>, just eight days after <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a>. They spent several weeks attempting to break out of the bridgehead in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Caen" title="Caen">Caen</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Bluecoat" title="Operation Bluecoat">Operation Bluecoat</a>. On 5 August they were nearly surrounded by enemy forces on Bas Perier Ridge and suffered heavy casualties and were reduced to half strength, forcing them to temporarily amalgamate with the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th Brigade</a>, of <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Division</a>, which was temporarily attached to the 11th Armoured.<sup id="cite_ref-Margesson20_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson20-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was during the fighting that eventually lead to <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Bates" title="Sidney Bates">Sidney Bates</a>, of the 1st Royal Norfolks, being posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> Reinforced, the battalion advanced after the retreating German forces, passing through <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and taking part in the liberation of <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a> in early September 1944. They moved into the Netherlands as part of the force protecting the flanks of the <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne troops</a> that had landed in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The commanding officer of the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Hubert Gerald Orr, was killed on 25 September 1944 at <a href="/wiki/Sint_Anthonis" title="Sint Anthonis">Sint Anthonis</a> along with the <a href="/wiki/Commanding_officer" title="Commanding officer">Commanding Officer</a> of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Royal_Tank_Regiment" title="3rd Royal Tank Regiment">3rd Royal Tank Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1944 they took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Broekhuizen" title="Battle of Broekhuizen">Battle of Broekhuizen</a> (also known as the Battle of the <a href="/wiki/Venlo" title="Venlo">Venlo</a> Pocket).<sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 1945 they broke through the Schlieffen line after which they were withdrawn to Belgium where they were re-equipped for the advance into Germany. In April 1945 they <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">crossed the Rhine</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Teutoburg_Forest" title="Teutoburg Forest">Teutoburg Forest</a> where they had the task of clearing the road to <a href="/wiki/Ibbenb%C3%BCren" title="Ibbenbüren">Ibbenbüren</a>. The battalion encountered very heavy resistance and failed to achieve its objective. <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Thomas_Chapman" title="Edward Thomas Chapman">Edward Thomas Chapman</a> was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for his actions during this action.<sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Such were the battalion's casualties (40 killed in action, 80 wounded) that it took no further part in the conflict and was replaced in the 159th Brigade by the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Regiment</a>. The battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/115th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="115th Brigade (United Kingdom)">115th Independent Infantry Brigade</a>. It was disbanded in January 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-3monww2_24-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3monww2-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout the whole campaign, the battalion had suffered 1,156 casualties, including 67 officers, 25 killed, and 1,089 other ranks, with 242 (of 267?) of them paying the ultimate price.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="4th_Battalion">4th Battalion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 4th Battalion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>4th Battalion</b>, which had been created on 1 June 1939 as a duplicate of the 2nd Battalion, was mobilised in August 1939 as part of <a href="/wiki/113th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="113th Brigade (United Kingdom)">113th Infantry Brigade</a>, serving with the 15th and 2/5th Welch Regiment, part of the <a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh) Infantry Division</a>, which was itself formed as a duplicate of the 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division. The battalion did not leave the United Kingdom, performing guard duty and acting as a training unit. On 12 December 1942 it was redesignated the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a>; the original 1st SWB having been disbanded after most of the unit was captured in <a href="/wiki/North_African_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North African Campaign">North Africa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Margesson20_23-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson20-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4monww2_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4monww2-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_War_to_amalgamation">Post War to amalgamation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post War to amalgamation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>All Territorial and war-formed units were disbanded soon after the end of the war. The <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> was re-established in April 1947, although there was a considerable reconfiguration with some pre-war units not reformed, or converted to a different role. The Monmouthshire Regiment was reduced to a single battalion: the <b>2nd Battalion</b>, based in <a href="/wiki/Pontypool" title="Pontypool">Pontypool</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former 1st (Rifle) Battalion did not return to the regiment after the war, but remained in Anti-Aircraft Command as <a href="/wiki/603rd_(1st_Battalion,_The_Monmouthshire_Regiment)_(Mixed)_Heavy_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="603rd (1st Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">603rd (1st Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> ('Mixed' indicating that members of the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Army_Corps" title="Women's Royal Army Corps">Women's Royal Army Corps</a> were integrated into the regiment). It continued to wear the distinctive silver or white metal cap badge of the 1st (Rifle) Bn, Monmouths, together with the Royal Artillery's collar badges. In addition, the buttons and non-commissioned officers' chevrons were black, to denote the unit's ancestry as a Rifle battalion. After the abolition of AA Command on 10 March 1955, the regiment formed 'P' (1 Monmouth) Battery in <a href="/wiki/283rd_(Monmouthshire)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>, later 'R' (1 Monmouth) Battery in a combined <a href="/wiki/282nd_(Glamorgan_and_Monmouthshire)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="282nd (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">282nd (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>. When the TA was reduced into the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Army_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve">Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve</a> (TAVR) in 1967, 282 Regiment became 211 (South Wales) Battery in <a href="/wiki/104th_Light_Air_Defence_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="104th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery">104th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>, with D (Monmouthshire) Troop at Newport.<sup id="cite_ref-Frederick171_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick171-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Litchfield_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Litchfield-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 3rd Battalion was converted to form <b>637th (3rd Bn The Monmouthshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)</b> and similarly ceased to be part of the regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-regts3mon_3-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts3mon-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was eventually amalgamated in 1955 with <a href="/wiki/638th_(Brecknock)_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="638th (Brecknock) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">638th (Brecknock) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (TA) and ceased to exist as a separate unit.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1967 the remaining battalion was disbanded. A new unit, the <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Volunteers" title="Welsh Volunteers">Welsh Volunteers</a>, continued the lineage of all Welsh territorial infantry battalions. The successor unit today is the 3rd Battalion, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Welsh" title="Royal Welsh">Royal Welsh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Margesson85_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Margesson85-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was awarded the following <a href="/wiki/Battle_honours" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle honours">battle honours</a>. Those shown in bold type were selected for display on the colours or appointments.<sup id="cite_ref-regts1mon_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts1mon-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-regts2mon_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regts2mon-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aden_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aden-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 18em;"> <ul><li><b>South Africa 1900-02</b></li> <li><b>Ypres 1915 '17 '18</b></li> <li>Gravenstafel</li> <li><b>St. Julien</b></li> <li>Frezenberg</li> <li>Bellewaarde</li> <li><b>Somme 1916</b></li> <li>Albert 1916</li> <li><b>Arras 1917</b></li> <li><b>Scarpe 1917</b></li> <li>Pilckem</li> <li><b>Langemarck 1917</b></li> <li>Poelcappelle</li> <li><b>Cambrai 1917 '18</b></li> <li>Lys</li> <li>Messines 1918</li> <li><b>Hindenburg Line</b></li> <li>St. Quentin Canal</li> <li>Beaurevoir</li> <li>Courtrai</li> <li>Sambre</li> <li><b>France and Flanders 1914-18</b></li> <li><b>Aden</b><sup id="cite_ref-list_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-list-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-aden_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aden-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Odon</b></li> <li><b>Bourguébus Ridge</b></li> <li>Mont Pincon</li> <li>Souleuvre</li> <li><b>Le Perier Ridge</b></li> <li><b>Falaise</b></li> <li><b>Antwerp</b></li> <li>Nederrijn</li> <li><b>Lower Maas</b></li> <li>Venlo Pocket</li> <li><b>Ourthe</b></li> <li><b>Rhineland</b></li> <li>Reichswald</li> <li>Weeze</li> <li>Hochwald</li> <li>Rhine</li> <li><b>Ibbenburen</b></li> <li><b>Aller</b></li> <li>North-West Europe 1944-45</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 May</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=4th+Battalion+The+Monmouthshire+Regiment+TA.+World+War+2.+Fact+Sheet+7-B09-09&rft.pub=Regimental+Museum+of+the+Royal+Welsh+%28Brecon%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalwelsh.org.uk%2Fdownloads%2FB09-09-MONR-WW2-4thBattalionTA.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonmouthshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frederick, pp. 1001, 1025, 1040.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. <i>The Territorial Artillery 1908-1988</i>, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham, p183</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-aden-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-aden_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-aden_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The battle honour "Aden" was awarded for the services of the 1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers. The Battalion had been merged with 3rd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment in 1922, and the battle honours for the First World War were awarded in 1924.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Battle Honours. Further List of Awards". <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>. 10 April 1924. p. 8.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Battle+Honours.+Further+List+of+Awards.&rft.pages=8&rft.date=1924-04-10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonmouthshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monmouthshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>J.B.M. Frederick, <i>Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978</i>, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85117-007-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85117-007-3">1-85117-007-3</a>.</li> <li>J.B.M. Frederick, <i>Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978</i>, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85117-009-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-85117-009-X">1-85117-009-X</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoslen2003" class="citation book cs1">Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. <i>Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945</i>. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1"><bdi>978-1-84342-474-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Orders+of+Battle%3A+Second+World+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Uckfield%2C+East+Sussex&rft.pub=Naval+and+Military+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-474-1&rft.aulast=Joslen&rft.aufirst=H.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonmouthshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Norman E.H. Litchfield, <i>The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)</i>, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-9508205-2-0">0-9508205-2-0</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMargesson1977" class="citation book cs1">Margesson, John (1977). <i>A Short History of the Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)</i>. <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales" title="Royal Regiment of Wales">Royal Regiment of Wales</a>.</cite><span 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