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style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Wales_Borderers_cap_badge,_showing_the_Sphinx.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/South_Wales_Borderers_cap_badge%2C_showing_the_Sphinx.jpg" decoding="async" width="194" height="185" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="185" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Cap badge</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1689–1969</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" 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title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">Line infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Barracks,_Brecon" title="The Barracks, Brecon">The Barracks, Brecon</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Howard's Greens</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Men_of_Harlech" title="Men of Harlech">Men of Harlech</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Anniversaries</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rorke%27s_Drift" class="mw-redirect" title="Rorke's Drift">Rorke's Drift</a> (22 January)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Ceremonial chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>South Wales Borderers</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> in existence for 280 years. </p><p>It came into existence in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> in 1689, as <b>Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot</b>, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In 1782, it became the <b>24th Regiment of Foot</b>, and had its depot in Warwickshire. </p><p>Based at <a href="/wiki/Brecon" title="Brecon">Brecon</a> from 1873, the regiment recruited from the border counties of <a href="/wiki/Brecknockshire" title="Brecknockshire">Brecknockshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire" title="Monmouthshire">Monmouthshire</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Herefordshire" title="Herefordshire">Herefordshire</a>. It was not called the South Wales Borderers until the <a href="/wiki/Childers_Reforms" title="Childers Reforms">Childers Reforms</a> of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the <a href="/wiki/American_War_of_Independence" class="mw-redirect" title="American War of Independence">American War of Independence</a>, various conflicts in India, the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Zulu War">Zulu War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>, and <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>. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Welch_Regiment" title="Welch Regiment">Welch Regiment</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales" title="Royal Regiment of Wales">Royal Regiment of Wales</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3rdBaronetDering.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/3rdBaronetDering.jpg" decoding="async" width="216" height="289" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="216" data-file-height="289" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Dering,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet">Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet</a>, founder of the regiment</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg/220px-Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg/330px-Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg/440px-Piechur_brytyjski_z_1742_r._22_regiment_piechoty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="760" /></a><figcaption>Soldier of 24th Regiment of Foot, 1742</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Plaque_24th.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Plaque_24th.JPG/220px-Plaque_24th.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Plaque_24th.JPG/330px-Plaque_24th.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Plaque_24th.JPG/440px-Plaque_24th.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Plaque 24th Regiment of Foot in Quebec, Canada, dating to 1840</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment was formed by <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Dering,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet">Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet</a> as <b>Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot</b> in 1689, becoming known, like other regiments, by the names of its subsequent <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment served under the <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Schomberg,_1st_Duke_of_Schomberg" title="Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg">Duke of Schomberg</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" title="Williamite War in Ireland">Williamite War in Ireland</a> and then saw action again at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Schellenberg" title="Battle of Schellenberg">Battle of Schellenberg</a> in July 1704 and at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blenheim" title="Battle of Blenheim">Battle of Blenheim</a> in August 1704 during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was part of the amphibious expedition to the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a> and participated in the disastrous British defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cartagena_de_Indias" title="Battle of Cartagena de Indias">Battle of Cartagena de Indias</a> in March 1741 during the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Jenkins%27_Ear" title="War of Jenkins' Ear">War of Jenkins' Ear</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mackenzie_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackenzie-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was ranked as 24th in the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_order_of_precedence" title="British Army order of precedence">British Army order of precedence</a> in 1747 and became the <b>24th Regiment of Foot</b> in 1751.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_St_Philip_(1756)" title="Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)">Siege of Fort St Philip</a> in <a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Menorca</a> in April 1756 during the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dates_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dates-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also part of the amphibious expedition against, or descent on, the coast of France and participated in the disastrous British defeat at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint_Cast" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Saint Cast">Battle of Saint Cast</a> in September 1758.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1776 the regiment was sent to <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Quebec_(1763%E2%80%9391)" class="mw-redirect" title="Province of Quebec (1763–91)">Quebec</a> where it subsequently fought American rebels who had <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Quebec_(1775)" title="Invasion of Quebec (1775)">invaded the province</a> during their <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">War of Independence</a>. The regiment was part of the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Army" title="Convention Army">5,000 British</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hessian_(soldier)" title="Hessian (soldier)">Hessian</a> force, under the command of General <a href="/wiki/John_Burgoyne" title="John Burgoyne">John Burgoyne</a>, that surrendered to the American rebels in the <a href="/wiki/Saratoga_campaign" title="Saratoga campaign">Saratoga campaign</a> in summer 1777 and remained imprisoned until 1783.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1782 it became the <b>24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> in the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Abukir_(1801)" title="Battle of Abukir (1801)">Battle of Abukir</a> in March 1801; a 2nd Battalion was raised in 1804 which suffered heavy losses at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Talavera" title="Battle of Talavera">Battle of Talavera</a> in July 1809 during the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was involved in the 1806 invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Cape_Colony" title="Dutch Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> where it saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Blaauwberg" title="Battle of Blaauwberg">Battle of Blaauwberg</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The vast majority of the 1st Battalion was captured at sea by the French at the <a href="/wiki/Action_of_3_July_1810" title="Action of 3 July 1810">action of 3 July 1810</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Comoro_Islands" title="Comoro Islands">Comoro Islands</a>; they had been on the <a href="/wiki/East_Indiaman" title="East Indiaman">East Indiamen</a> <i>Astell</i>, <i>Ceylon</i> and <a href="/wiki/Chilean_ship_Lautaro_(1818)" title="Chilean ship Lautaro (1818)"><i>Windham</i></a> when a French frigate squadron captured the last two ships. They were released the following year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBrenton1825462_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBrenton1825462-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1st Battalion took part in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Nepalese_War" title="Anglo-Nepalese War">Anglo-Nepalese War</a> in November 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was deployed to Canada in 1829 and remained there until 1842.<sup id="cite_ref-mackenzie_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mackenzie-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Sikh_War_and_Indian_Mutiny">Second Sikh War and Indian Mutiny</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg/220px-Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg/330px-Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg/440px-Lectern_-_Jhelum_by_Khalid_Mahmood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Marble memorial at St. John's, Jhelum, in memory of the soldiers of the 24th Foot killed there in July 1857 during the Indian Mutiny</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment returned to <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in 1846 and saw action during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Sikh_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Anglo-Sikh War">Second Anglo-Sikh War</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chillianwala" title="Battle of Chillianwala">Battle of Chillianwala</a> in January 1849, where the regiment fought off the enemy with bayonets rather than rifles and 255 of its men died.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, five <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Crosses</a> were awarded to men of the regiment who rescued their colleagues from cannibals on the <a href="/wiki/Andaman_Islands" title="Andaman Islands">Andaman Islands</a> in May 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some 35 soldiers of the regiment were killed by mutineers at their garrison in <a href="/wiki/Jhelum" title="Jhelum">Jhelum</a> in July 1857 during the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Rebellion_of_1857" title="Indian Rebellion of 1857">Indian Rebellion</a>: among the dead was Captain Francis Spring, the eldest son of <a href="/wiki/William_Spring_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Spring (British Army officer)">Colonel William Spring</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Zulu_War">Zulu War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Zulu War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Isandlwana">Isandlwana</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Isandlwana"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana" title="Battle of Isandlwana">Battle of Isandlwana</a></div> <p>In 1879 both battalions took part in the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War" title="Anglo-Zulu War">Anglo-Zulu War</a>, begun after a British invasion of <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zululand</a>, ruled by <a href="/wiki/Cetshwayo_kaMpande" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetshwayo kaMpande">Cetshwayo</a>. The 24th Regiment of Foot took part in the crossing of the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_(KwaZulu-Natal)" title="Buffalo River (KwaZulu-Natal)">Buffalo River</a> on 11 January, entering Zululand. The first engagement (and the most disastrous for the British) came at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana" title="Battle of Isandlwana">Isandlwana</a>. The British had pitched camp at Isandlwana and not established any fortifications due to the sheer size of the force, the hard ground and a shortage of <a href="/wiki/Entrenching_tool" title="Entrenching tool">entrenching tools</a>. The 24th Foot provided most of the British force and when the overall commander, <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Thesiger,_2nd_Baron_Chelmsford" title="Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford">Lord Chelmsford</a>, split his forces on 22 January to search for the Zulus, the 1st Battalion (5 <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">companies</a>) and a company of the 2nd Battalion were left behind to guard the camp, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pulleine" title="Henry Pulleine">Henry Pulleine</a> (CO of the 1/24th Foot).<sup id="cite_ref-empire_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-empire-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops and perhaps 400 civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the battle Lieutenant-Colonel Pulleine ordered Lieutenants <a href="/wiki/Nevill_Coghill_(VC)" title="Nevill Coghill (VC)">Coghill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Teignmouth_Melvill" title="Teignmouth Melvill">Melvill</a> to save the Queen's Colour—the Regimental Colour was located at <a href="/wiki/Helpmekaar" title="Helpmekaar">Helpmekaar</a> with G Company. The two Lieutenants attempted to escape by crossing the Buffalo River where the Colour fell and was lost downstream, later being recovered. Both officers were killed. At this time the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (VC) was not awarded posthumously. This changed in the early 1900s when both Lieutenants were awarded posthumous Victoria Crosses for their bravery.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Battle of Isandlwana was dramatized in the 1979 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Zulu_Dawn" title="Zulu Dawn">Zulu Dawn</a></i>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rorke's_Drift"><span id="Rorke.27s_Drift"></span>Rorke's Drift</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rorke's Drift"><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/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift" title="Battle of Rorke's Drift">Battle of Rorke's Drift</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/400px-Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="400" height="237" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/600px-Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/800px-Alphonse_de_Neuville_-_The_defence_of_Rorke%27s_Drift_1879_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5001" data-file-height="2967" /></a><figcaption>A depiction of soldiers of the 24th Regiment repelling the <a href="/wiki/Zulu_Kingdom" title="Zulu Kingdom">Zulu</a> attack on Rorke's Drift in January 1879</figcaption></figure> <p>After the battle of Isandlwana, some 4,000 to 5,000 Zulus headed for <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift" title="Battle of Rorke's Drift">Rorke's Drift</a>, a small missionary post garrisoned by a company of the 2nd Battalion of the 24th Foot, a few native levies, and others under the command of Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/John_Chard" title="John Chard">Chard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>. The most senior officer of the 24th present was Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Gonville_Bromhead" title="Gonville Bromhead">Gonville Bromhead</a>. Two <a href="/wiki/Boer" class="mw-redirect" title="Boer">Boer</a> cavalry officers, Lieutenants <a href="/wiki/Gert_Adendorff" title="Gert Adendorff">Adendorff</a> and Vane, arrived to inform the garrison of the defeat at Isandlwana. The Acting Assistant Commissary <a href="/wiki/James_Langley_Dalton" title="James Langley Dalton">James Dalton</a> persuaded Bromhead and Chard to stay and the small garrison frantically prepared rudimentary fortifications.<sup id="cite_ref-knight25_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knight25-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Zulus first attacked at 4:30 pm. Throughout the day the garrison was attacked from all sides, including rifle fire from the heights above the garrison, and bitter hand-to-hand fighting often ensued. At one point the Zulus entered the hospital, which was stoutly defended by the wounded inside until it was set alight and eventually burnt down. The battle raged on into the early hours of 23 January but by dawn the Zulu Army had withdrawn. Lord Chelmsford and a column of British troops arrived soon afterwards. The garrison had suffered 15 killed during the battle (two died later) and 11 defenders were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> for their distinguished defence of the post, seven going to soldiers of the 24th Foot.<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> The stand at Rorke's Drift was immortalised in the 1964 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Zulu_(1964_film)" title="Zulu (1964 film)">Zulu</a></i>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Childers_Reforms">Childers Reforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Childers Reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the <a href="/wiki/Cardwell_Reforms" title="Cardwell Reforms">Cardwell Reforms</a> of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at <a href="/wiki/The_Barracks,_Brecon" title="The Barracks, Brecon">The Barracks, Brecon</a> from 1873, or by the <a href="/wiki/Childers_reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Childers reforms">Childers reforms</a> of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. However, it now had close links with <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>, with a number of <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">Militia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force" title="Volunteer Force">Volunteer</a> battalions from the region linked to it.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd (Militia) Battalion was formed of the former <a href="/wiki/Royal_South_Wales_Borderers_Militia" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal South Wales Borderers Militia">Royal South Wales Borderers Militia</a> and the 4th from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Montgomeryshire_Rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles">Royal Montgomeryshire Rifles</a>. It also had four (later five) Volunteer Battalions attached to it.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-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> Under the reforms the regiment became <b>The South Wales Borderers</b> on 1 July 1881.<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><p>The 1st Battalion was stationed in Egypt from 1892,<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> then moved to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a>. The battalion had various postings, including at <a href="/wiki/Peshawar" title="Peshawar">Peshawar</a> until late 1902 when it was posted to Mian Mir outside <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 1st Battalion remained in India until December 1910, when it was redeployed to garrison Chatham.<sup id="cite_ref-1Bn_locations_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1Bn_locations-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2nd Battalion was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Burma</a> and saw action in November 1885 during the <a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Burmese_War" title="Third Anglo-Burmese War">Third Anglo-Burmese War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_Boer_War">Second Boer War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Second Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>2nd Battalion arrived in <a href="/wiki/Cape_Colony" title="Cape Colony">Cape Colony</a> in early February 1900<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elands_River_(1901)" title="Battle of Elands River (1901)">Battle of Elands River</a> in September 1901 during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</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> During its service in South Africa the 2nd Bn was supplemented by a <a href="/wiki/1st_Volunteer_Service_Company,_South_Wales_Borderers" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Volunteer Service Company, South Wales Borderers">Volunteer Service Company</a> provided by the regiment's volunteer battalions, which served as 'I' Company.<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> </p><p>The 3rd (Militia) Battalion was embodied in January 1900, and the following month embarked for service in South Africa, arriving in Cape Town on the SS <i>Cheshire</i> in early March 1900.<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> The 4th (Militia) Battalion was embodied for garrison duty at home.<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="Haldane_Reforms">Haldane Reforms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Haldane Reforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally (the <a href="/wiki/Haldane_Reforms" title="Haldane Reforms">Haldane Reforms</a>), with the former becoming the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> (TF) and the latter the <a href="/wiki/Special_Reserve_(militia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Reserve (militia)">Special Reserve</a> (SR).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment now had one SR battalion (the <a href="/wiki/3rd_(Reserve)_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers">3rd (Reserve) Bn</a> at Brecon Barracks) and one TF battalion (the <a href="/wiki/1st_Brecknockshire_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers">1st Brecknockshire Bn</a> at <a href="/wiki/Conway_Street_drill_hall,_Brecon" title="Conway Street drill hall, Brecon">Conway Street drill hall, Brecon</a>). The all-TF <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_Regiment" title="Monmouthshire Regiment">Monmouthshire Regiment</a> comprising three battalions was also affiliated to it.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FrederickMon_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickMon-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First World War"><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:Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_(8357421097).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg/220px-Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg/330px-Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg/440px-Lieutenant_Colonel_Sidney_John_Wilkinson_%288357421097%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="572" data-file-height="724" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant Colonel Sidney John Wilkinson of the 10th Battalion, killed in action during the First World War</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_Army">Regular Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Regular Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st Division</a> with the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> in August 1914 for service on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-James_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Laoshan_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Laoshan District">Laoshan Bay</a> for operations against the German territory of <a href="/wiki/Qingdao" title="Qingdao">Tsingtao</a> in September 1914 and saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao" title="Siege of Tsingtao">Siege of Tsingtao</a> in October 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-James_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After returning home in January 1915, the 2nd Battalion landed at <a href="/wiki/Cape_Helles" title="Cape Helles">Cape Helles</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/87th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="87th Brigade (United Kingdom)">87th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th Division</a> in April 1915; it was evacuated from <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli" title="Gallipoli">Gallipoli</a> in January 1916 and then landed at <a href="/wiki/Marseille" title="Marseille">Marseille</a> in March 1916 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-James_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Special_Reserve">Special Reserve</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Special Reserve"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd (Reserve) Battalion served at <a href="/wiki/Pembroke_Dock" title="Pembroke Dock">Pembroke Dock</a> and later at <a href="/wiki/Hightown,_Merseyside" title="Hightown, Merseyside">Hightown</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> in home defence while supplying thousands of reinforcements for the regular battalions overseas.<sup id="cite_ref-James_31-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_Force">Territorial Force</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Territorial Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion sailed to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a> attached to the <a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties) Division</a> in October 1914. After arriving at <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay</a> in December it immediately moved to <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>. After seeing action at the <a href="/wiki/South_Arabia_during_World_War_I#Battle_of_Lahij" title="South Arabia during World War I">Battle of Lahej</a> in July 1915 it returned to Bombay. It remained in garrison at <a href="/wiki/Mhow" title="Mhow">Mhow</a> until October 1919, supplying reinforcement drafts to the 4th (Service) Bn, SWB, in <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_campaign" title="Mesopotamian campaign">Mesopotamia</a> and to the units involved in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Third Anglo-Afghan War">Third Anglo-Afghan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-James_31-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Museum_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Museum-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2/1st and 3/1st Brecknockshire Battalions were formed in September 1914 and April 1915 respectively to provide TF reinforcements. Both were absorbed into other Welsh reserve units as the war progressed.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickMon_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickMon-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="New_Armies">New Armies</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: New Armies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 4th (Service) Battalion was formed at Brecon in August 1914 as part of <a href="/wiki/Kitchener%27s_Army" title="Kitchener's Army">Kitchener's 1st Army</a> ('K1'). It landed in <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli" title="Gallipoli">Gallipoli</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/40th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Brigade (United Kingdom)">40th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western) Division</a> on 15 July 1915; it was evacuated from Gallipoli in January 1916 and moved to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and then to <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamia" title="Mesopotamia">Mesopotamia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 5th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), formed as a K2 unit in September 1914, landed at Le Havre as part of the <a href="/wiki/58th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="58th Brigade (United Kingdom)">58th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western) Division</a> in July 1915 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 6th (Service) Battalion (Pioneers), a K3 unit formed in September 1914, landed at Le Havre as part of the <a href="/wiki/76th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Brigade (United Kingdom)">76th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th Division</a> in September 1915 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 7th (Service) Battalion and the 8th (Service) Battalion, both formed as K3 units in September 1914, landed at <a href="/wiki/Boulogne-sur-Mer" title="Boulogne-sur-Mer">Boulogne-sur-Mer</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/67th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="67th Brigade (United Kingdom)">67th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd Division</a> in September 1915 for service on the Western Front but moved to <a href="/wiki/Thessaloniki" title="Thessaloniki">Salonika</a> in October 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 9th (Service) Battalion was formed in K4 at Pembroke Dock alongside 3rd (Reserve) Bn at the end of October 1914, but was then converted into the <a href="/wiki/9th_(Reserve)_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers" class="mw-redirect" title="9th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers">9th (Reserve) Battalion</a> to supply reinforcements to the 4th–8th (Service) Bns.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/10th_(Service)_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers_(1st_Gwent)" title="10th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers (1st Gwent)">10th (Service) Battalion (1st Gwent)</a>, <a href="/wiki/11th_(Service)_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers_(2nd_Gwent)" title="11th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers (2nd Gwent)">11th (Service) Battalion (2nd Gwent)</a> and 12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Gwent) were raised by the Welsh National Executive Committee as K5 or '<a href="/wiki/Pals_battalion" title="Pals battalion">Pals battalions</a>'. The 10th and 11th landed at Le Havre as part of the <a href="/wiki/115th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="115th Brigade (United Kingdom)">115th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh) Division</a> in December 1915 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 12th (Service) Battalion (3rd Gwent) was raised as a <a href="/wiki/Bantam_battalion" class="mw-redirect" title="Bantam battalion">Bantam battalion</a> and landed at Le Havre as part of the <a href="/wiki/119th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="119th Brigade (United Kingdom)">119th Brigade</a> in the <a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th Division</a> in June 1916 for service on the Western Front.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Welsh_people" title="Welsh people">Welsh</a> poet and <a href="/wiki/Welsh_language" title="Welsh language">language</a> activist <a href="/wiki/Saunders_Lewis" title="Saunders Lewis">Saunders Lewis</a> served in the 12th Battalion during the First World War.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also formed were the <a href="/wiki/13th_(Reserve)_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers" class="mw-redirect" title="13th (Reserve) Battalion, South Wales Borderers">13th</a> and 14th (Reserve) Battalions in 1915, the shortlived 15th (Service) Battalion in June 1918, and the 52nd and 53rd (Graduated) and 54th (Young Soldier) Battalions, which were all training units.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-James_31-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-James-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-trail_32-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inter-War">Inter-War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Inter-War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion embarked for <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> in June 1920 to maintain order during the <a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">Irish War of Independence</a>. The 1st Battalion was in <a href="/wiki/County_Meath" title="County Meath">County Meath</a> from September 1920 to February 1922, deployed at <a href="/wiki/Dunshaughlin" title="Dunshaughlin">Dunshaughlin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourtney2018251–257_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourtney2018251–257-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Company-sized detachments would also serve in the nearby settlements of <a href="/wiki/Navan" title="Navan">Navan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobber" title="Nobber">Nobber</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kells,_County_Meath" title="Kells, County Meath">Kells</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oldcastle,_County_Meath" title="Oldcastle, County Meath">Oldcastle, County Meath</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourtney2018196–201_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourtney2018196–201-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having arrived on the Indian subcontinent in 1934, it was sent to <a href="/wiki/Waziristan" title="Waziristan">Waziristan</a> in February 1937 in connection with disturbances on the frontier.<sup id="cite_ref-1Bn_locations_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1Bn_locations-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Meanwhile, the 2nd Battalion was sent overseas to <a href="/wiki/Barrackpore" title="Barrackpore">Barrackpore</a> in India in 1919, being present in <a href="/wiki/Jhansi" title="Jhansi">Jhansi</a> in 1921,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> redeploying to <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> in 1925, Aden in 1927 then returning to garrison <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> in February 1929.<sup id="cite_ref-2BnRegiments.org_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2BnRegiments.org-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd Battalion's next tour of duty overseas was <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> in September 1935, followed by <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Palestine</a> in 1936, returning home at the end of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-2Bn_locations_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2Bn_locations-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Second World War"><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:SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG/220px-SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG/330px-SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG/440px-SouthWalesBorderersNormandyPlaque.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>Plaque commemorating the liberation of a bridge in Normandy by the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers on D-Day in June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>1st Battalion</b> </p><p>The 1st Battalion, as part of the <a href="/wiki/10th_Indian_Infantry_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="10th Indian Infantry Division">10th Indian Infantry Division</a>, was sent to Iraq to quell a German-inspired uprising in Iraq in November 1941.<sup id="cite_ref-1stww2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stww2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion saw subsequent service in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>. The battalion sustained enormous casualties in <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> near <a href="/wiki/Tobruk" title="Tobruk">Tobruk</a> when they lost around 500 officers and men captured or killed during a general retreat.<sup id="cite_ref-1stww2_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stww2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion found itself cut off when the German forces outflanked them, the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Francis_Matthews_(British_Army_officer)" title="Francis Matthews (British Army officer)">Francis Matthews</a>, decided to attempt to escape around the enemy and break through to British lines. It turned into a disaster with only four officers and around one hundred men reaching Sollum.<sup id="cite_ref-1stww2_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stww2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To the surprise of the survivors the battalion was ordered to disband in Cyprus and the remnants of the battalion were transferred, with the exception of a small <a href="/wiki/Cadre_(military)" title="Cadre (military)">cadre</a> that returned to the United Kingdom, to the 1st Battalion of the <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)</a>. A few months later the battalion was re-formed from the cadre and the 4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_Regiment" title="Monmouthshire Regiment">Monmouthshire Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1stww2_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stww2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>2nd Battalion</b> </p><p>Upon the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the 2nd Battalion was serving in <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, under command of Northern Ireland District, having been there since December 1936.<sup id="cite_ref-2BnRegiments.org_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2BnRegiments.org-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 1939 the battalion left Northern Ireland and was sent to join the <a href="/wiki/148th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="148th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">148th Infantry Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding) Infantry Division</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial</a> formation.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1940 the battalion was again transferred to the newly created <a href="/wiki/24th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">24th Guards Brigade</a> (Rupertforce), and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a>, and were among the first British troops to see action against the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a> in the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The campaign failed and the brigade had to be evacuated. Casualties in the battalion, however, had been remarkably light, with only 13 wounded and 6 killed and two <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal" title="Distinguished Conduct Medal">DCMs</a> had been awarded.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Infantry_of_the_2nd_Battalion,_South_Wales_Borderers_hide_themselves_in_a_laurel_bush_during_a_brigade_exercise_near_Ballymena_in_Northern_Ireland,_19_September_1941._H14064.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Infantry_of_the_2nd_Battalion%2C_South_Wales_Borderers_hide_themselves_in_a_laurel_bush_during_a_brigade_exercise_near_Ballymena_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_19_September_1941._H14064.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="219" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Infantry_of_the_2nd_Battalion%2C_South_Wales_Borderers_hide_themselves_in_a_laurel_bush_during_a_brigade_exercise_near_Ballymena_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_19_September_1941._H14064.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Infantry_of_the_2nd_Battalion%2C_South_Wales_Borderers_hide_themselves_in_a_laurel_bush_during_a_brigade_exercise_near_Ballymena_in_Northern_Ireland%2C_19_September_1941._H14064.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1779" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Infantrymen of the 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers hide themselves in a laurel bush during a brigade <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercise</a> near <a href="/wiki/Ballymena" title="Ballymena">Ballymena</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, 19 September 1941.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2nd Battalion returned to the United Kingdom and, on 7 December 1941 (the day the United States entered the war), transferred to the <a href="/wiki/37th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Brigade (United Kingdom)">37th Independent Infantry Brigade</a> (redesignated <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_East" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East">7th Infantry Brigade</a> the day after).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 March 1944 the battalion was transferred to the newly created <a href="/wiki/56th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="56th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">56th Independent Infantry Brigade</a>, alongside which were the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Essex_Regiment" title="Essex Regiment">Essex Regiment</a> and 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a> and trained for the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>. The battalion had the distinction of being the only Welsh battalion to take part in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">Normandy landings</a> on 6 June 1944, landing at <a href="/wiki/Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold Beach</a> under command of <a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division</a> and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a>, under command of <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Division</a> for a few days in June 1944, before reverting to the 50th Division.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 1944 it was briefly under command of the <a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division</a> and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Falaise_pocket" title="Falaise pocket">Battle of the Falaise Gap</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 August the brigade joined the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, replacing the disbanded <a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">70th Brigade</a>. With the division, the battalion fought in the operations to <a href="/wiki/Clearing_the_Channel_Coast" title="Clearing the Channel Coast">clear the Channel coast</a>, where they captured <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Astonia" title="Operation Astonia">Operation Astonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards the battalion enjoyed a short rest and, on 22 September, moved to join the rest of the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a> fighting in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a>. In October, shortly after the failure of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a>, the division was sent to garrison the "Island", as the area of land between <a href="/wiki/Arnhem" title="Arnhem">Arnhem</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nijmegen" title="Nijmegen">Nijmegen</a> was known, where it remained throughout the northern winter of 1944/45. The last major action for the battalion was in April 1945 when, with the rest of the division, they fought in the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_Arnhem" title="Liberation of Arnhem">Second Battle of Arnhem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion ended its war in Germany, and remained there, as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">occupation forces</a>, until 1948 when it returned home. During the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">campaign in North-western Europe</a> the battalion had suffered over 100% casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-2ndww2_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>6th Battalion</b> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Burma_1945_SE2136.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="789" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 6th Battalion, South Wales Borderers crossing a stream near Bahe on route for Mandalay, January 1945.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 6th Battalion, South Wales Borders served in the <a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma Campaign</a> with the <a href="/wiki/72nd_Indian_Infantry_Brigade" title="72nd Indian Infantry Brigade">72nd Infantry Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th British Infantry Division</a>, previously a division of the <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British Indian Army</a> before being redesignated the 36th British Division.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>7th Battalion</b> </p><p>This was formed in May 1940 as <b>50th Holding Battalion, South Wales Borderers</b>, becoming a normal infantry unit on 9 October as 7th Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-FrederickSWB_17-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FrederickSWB-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It served in Home Defence with <a href="/wiki/224th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="224th Brigade (United Kingdom)">224th Independent Infantry Brigade (Home)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It then transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> on 15 November 1941 as <a href="/wiki/90th_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> seeing service in <a href="/wiki/Tunisian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunisian Campaign">Tunisia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War II)">Italy</a> with <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-War">Post-War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Post-War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion was deployed to Palestine to deal with the volatile uprising in Palestine there in October 1945 and then moved to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> in April 1946.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 2nd Battalion was disbanded in May 1948 as a consequence of defence cuts implemented shortly after the Second World War.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> in March 1949 and became part of the occupation force in <a href="/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a>, a former Italian colony that was ruled by a British military administration, in January 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment arrived in <a href="/wiki/Braunschweig" title="Braunschweig">Brunswick</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Germany" title="West Germany">West Germany</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a> in January 1953 and was then deployed to <a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Malaya" title="Federation of Malaya">Malaya</a> in December 1955, as part of the response to the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment's conduct during the war compelled Field Marshal <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Templer" title="Gerald Templer">Sir Gerald Templer</a> to state that, "there has been no better regiment in Malaya during the ten years of the emergency and very few as good".<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was posted to <a href="/wiki/Minden" title="Minden">Minden</a>, Germany in June 1959 and returned home three years later.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It arrived at <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Fort" title="Stanley Fort">Stanley Fort</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hong_Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a> in November 1963 to perform internal security duties.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It returned home to <a href="/wiki/Lydd" title="Lydd">Lydd</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> in June 1966 before deploying to <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a> in January 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Welch_Regiment" title="Welch Regiment">Welch Regiment</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales" title="Royal Regiment of Wales">Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)</a> in June 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-bau_49-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bau-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_museum">Regimental museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Regimental museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Regimental_Museum_of_The_Royal_Welsh" title="Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh">Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh</a> (Brecon) is at <a href="/wiki/The_Barracks,_Brecon" title="The Barracks, Brecon">The Barracks, Brecon</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Wales" title="South Wales">South Wales</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<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=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png/220px-The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png/330px-The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png/440px-The_Flags_of_the_World_Plate_10.png 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="2063" /></a><figcaption>No. 94: Regimental flag of the 24th Regiment of Foot.</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment's battle honours were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>Early wars</i>: Blenheim, Ramillies, Oudenarde, Malplaquet, [Egypt]1, Cape of Good Hope 1806, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes d'Onor, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Peninsula, Chillianwallah, Goojerat, Punjaub, South Africa 1877-8-9, Burma 1885–87, South Africa 1900-02</li> <li><i>The Great War</i>: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Ypres 1914 '17 '18, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917, Messines 1917 '18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Courtrai, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915–18, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Sari Bair, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915–16, Egypt 1916, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916–18, <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Tsingtao" title="Siege of Tsingtao">Tsingtao</a></li> <li><i>The Second World War</i>: Norway 1940, Normandy Landing, Sully, Caen, Falaise, Risle Crossing, Le Havre, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Scheldt, Zetten, Arnhem 1945, North-West Europe 1944–45, Gazala, North Africa 1942, North Arakan, Mayu Tunnels, Pinwe, Shweli, Myitson, Burma 1944-45</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Uniforms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As the 24th Foot the regiment wore first "willow green" and later "<a href="/wiki/Grass_green_(RAL)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grass green (RAL)">grass green</a>" <a href="/wiki/Facings" class="mw-redirect" title="Facings">facings</a> on the standard <a href="/wiki/Red_coat_(military_uniform)" title="Red coat (military uniform)">red coats</a> of the British <a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a>. In 1881 the facings on the scarlet tunics adopted in 1873, were changed to white but in 1905 the regiment reverted to the historic green. Officers wore silver braid and other distinctions until gold was introduced in 1830.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The khaki service dress adopted in 1902, and battle dress in 1938, was of the universal pattern.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victoria_Cross_recipients">Victoria Cross recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Victoria Cross recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Corporal <a href="/wiki/William_Wilson_Allen" class="mw-redirect" title="William Wilson Allen">William Wilson Allen</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/David_Bell_(VC)" title="David Bell (VC)">David Bell</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Edward_Stevenson_Browne" title="Edward Stevenson Browne">Edward Stevenson Browne</a> (1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Burges" title="Daniel Burges">Daniel Burges</a> (7th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Nevill_Josiah_Aylmer_Coghill" class="mw-redirect" title="Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill">Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill</a> (1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Gonville_Bromhead" title="Gonville Bromhead">Gonville Bromhead</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Temporary Captain <a href="/wiki/Angus_Buchanan_(VC)" title="Angus Buchanan (VC)">Angus Buchanan</a> (4th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/James_Cooper_(VC)" title="James Cooper (VC)">James Cooper</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Assistant Surgeon <a href="/wiki/Campbell_Mellis_Douglas" title="Campbell Mellis Douglas">Campbell Mellis Douglas</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Edric_Frederick,_The_Lord_Gifford" class="mw-redirect" title="Edric Frederick, The Lord Gifford">Edric Frederick, The Lord Gifford</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/James_Henry_Fynn" class="mw-redirect" title="James Henry Fynn">James Henry Fynn</a> (4th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/William_Griffiths_(VC)" title="William Griffiths (VC)">William Griffiths</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Hitch" title="Frederick Hitch">Frederick Hitch</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Henry_Hook" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Henry Hook">Alfred Henry Hook</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Acting Lieutenant-Colonel <a href="/wiki/Dudley_Graham_Johnson" title="Dudley Graham Johnson">Dudley Graham Johnson</a> (2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Robert_Jones_(VC)" title="Robert Jones (VC)">Robert Jones</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/William_Jones_(VC)" title="William Jones (VC)">William Jones</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Teignmouth_Melvill" title="Teignmouth Melvill">Teignmouth Melvill</a> (1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Murphy_(VC)" title="Thomas Murphy (VC)">Thomas Murphy</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Rees" title="Ivor Rees">Ivor Rees</a> (11th (Service) Battalion (1st Gwent), South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Sergeant <a href="/wiki/Albert_White_(VC)" title="Albert White (VC)">Albert White</a> (2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Company Sergeant-Major <a href="/wiki/John_(Jack)_Henry_Williams" class="mw-redirect" title="John (Jack) Henry Williams">John (Jack) Henry Williams</a> (10th (Service) Battalion (1st Gwent), South Wales Borderers)</li> <li>Private <a href="/wiki/John_Williams_(VC)" title="John Williams (VC)">John Williams</a> (2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels_of_the_Regiment">Colonels of the Regiment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Colonels of the Regiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The colonels of the regiment were as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1689: Col <a href="/wiki/Sir_Edward_Dering,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet">Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet</a></li> <li>1689–1691: Col Daniel Dering</li> <li>1691–1695: Col Samuel Venner</li> <li>1695–1701: Col Louis James le Vasseur, Marquis de Puisar</li> <li>1701–1702: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/William_Seymour_(British_Army_officer,_born_1664)" title="William Seymour (British Army officer, born 1664)">William Seymour</a></li> <li>1702–1704: Gen <a href="/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough">John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough</a> KG</li> <li>1704–1708: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/William_Tatton" title="William Tatton">William Tatton</a></li> <li>1708–1717: Major-Gen Gilbert Primrose</li> <li>1717–1737: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Howard_(British_Army_officer,_born_1684)" title="Thomas Howard (British Army officer, born 1684)">Thomas Howard</a></li> <li>1737–1745: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wentworth_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Wentworth (British Army officer)">Thomas Wentworth</a></li> <li>1745–1747: Brig-Gen Daniel Houghton</li> <li>1747–1752: Gen <a href="/wiki/William_Kerr,_4th_Marquess_of_Lothian" title="William Kerr, 4th Marquess of Lothian">The Earl of Ancram</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_24th_Regiment_of_Foot">The 24th Regiment of Foot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: The 24th Regiment of Foot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1752–1776: Lt-Gen Hon. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cornwallis" title="Edward Cornwallis">Edward Cornwallis</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="24th_(2nd_Warwickshire)_Regiment_of_Foot"><span id="24th_.282nd_Warwickshire.29_Regiment_of_Foot"></span>24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1776–1793: Lt-Gen William Taylor</li> <li>1793–1807: Gen Richard Whyte</li> <li>1807–1829: Gen <a href="/wiki/Sir_David_Baird,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet">Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet</a> GCB KC</li> <li>1829–1842: Lt-Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/James_Frederick_Lyon" title="James Frederick Lyon">James Frederick Lyon</a> KCB GCH</li> <li>1842–1856: Gen <a href="/wiki/Robert_Ellice" title="Robert Ellice">Robert Ellice</a></li> <li>1856–1861: Lt-Gen Hon. John Finch CB</li> <li>1861–1884: Gen Pringle Taylor KH</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_South_Wales_Borderers">The South Wales Borderers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: The South Wales Borderers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1884–1888: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Ellice" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Henry Ellice">Charles Henry Ellice</a>, GCB</li> <li>1888–1898: Gen. <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Wodehouse_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edmund Wodehouse (British Army officer)">Edmund Wodehouse</a></li> <li>1898–1900: Lt-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Richard_Thomas_Glyn" title="Richard Thomas Glyn">Richard Thomas Glyn</a>, CB, CMG</li> <li>1900–1902: Maj-Gen. Henry James Degacher, CB</li> <li>1902–1922: Maj-Gen. George Paton, CMG<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1922–1931: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cobbe" title="Alexander Cobbe">Alexander Stanhope Cobbe</a>, VC, GCB, KCSI, DSO</li> <li>1931–1944: Maj-Gen. Llewellyn Isaac Gethin Morgan-Owen, CB, CMG, CBE, DSO</li> <li>1944–1950: Maj-Gen. Dudley Graham Johnson, VC, CB, DSO, MC</li> <li>1950–1954: Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Reade_Godwin-Austen" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen">Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen</a>, KCSI, CB, OBE, MC</li> <li>1954–1961: Maj-Gen. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Matthews_(British_Army_officer)" title="Francis Matthews (British Army officer)">Francis Raymond Gage Matthews</a>, CB, DSO</li> <li>1961–1969: Maj-Gen. Sir <a href="/wiki/David_Peel_Yates" title="David Peel Yates">David Peel Yates</a>, DSO, OBE</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alliances">Alliances</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Alliances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> 18th Battalion (The Kurung-Gai Regiment) (1929–1944)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> 17th/18th Infantry Battalion (The North Shore Regiment) (1948–1960)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia"><img alt="Australia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="256" /></a></span></span> 24th Battalion (The Kooyong Regiment) (1929–1951)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia"><img alt="Southern Rhodesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Southern_Rhodesia_%281924%E2%80%931964%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> / <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia"><img alt="Rhodesia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Rhodesia_%281964%E2%80%931968%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rhodesian_African_Rifles" title="Rhodesian African Rifles">1st Battalion, The Rhodesian African Rifles</a> (1957–1965)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Famous_members">Famous members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Famous members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ancliffe" title="Charles Ancliffe">Charles Ancliffe</a>, composer<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gonville_Bromhead" title="Gonville Bromhead">Gonville Bromhead</a>, fought at Rorke's Drift<sup id="cite_ref-knight25_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-knight25-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=SWB+-+2nd+Battalion+locations+1881-1948&rft.pub=Regimental+Museum+of+the+Royal+Welsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalwelsh.org.uk%2Fdownloads%2FS01-08-SWB-2ndBattalionlocations1881-1948.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-1stww2-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-1stww2_40-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1stww2_40-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1stww2_40-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-1stww2_40-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/downloads/B09-01-SWB-WW2-1stBattalion.pdf">"1st Battalion The South Wales Borderers"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Royal Welsh<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=1st+Battalion+The+South+Wales+Borderers&rft.pub=Royal+Welsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalwelsh.org.uk%2Fdownloads%2FB09-01-SWB-WW2-1stBattalion.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joslen, p. 333</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221238/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/Rupert-Force-1940-.pdf">"Rupertforce"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. British Military History. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/Rupert-Force-1940-.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rupertforce&rft.pub=British+Military+History&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk%2Fwebeasycms%2Fhold%2Fuploads%2Fbmh_document_pdf%2FRupert-Force-1940-.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2ndww2-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-2ndww2_43-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://royalwelsh.org.uk/downloads/B09-02-SWB-WW2-2ndBattalion.pdf">"2nd Battalion The South Wales Borderers"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Royal Welsh<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=2nd+Battalion+The+South+Wales+Borderers&rft.pub=Royal+Welsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Froyalwelsh.org.uk%2Fdownloads%2FB09-02-SWB-WW2-2ndBattalion.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joslen, p. 286</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/downloads/B09-04-SWB-WW2-6thBattalion.pdf">"6th Battalion The South Wales Borderers"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Royal Welsh<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=6th+Battalion+The+South+Wales+Borderers&rft.pub=Royal+Welsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalwelsh.org.uk%2Fdownloads%2FB09-04-SWB-WW2-6thBattalion.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joslen, p. 387.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frederick, p. 835.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joslen, pp. 35–6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bau-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bau_49-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/south-wales-borderers.html">"South Wales Borderers"</a>. British army units 1945 on<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=South+Wales+Borderers&rft.pub=British+army+units+1945+on&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbritish-army-units1945on.co.uk%2Finfantry%2Fsouth-wales-borderers.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://royalwelsh.org.uk/regiment/24postwar.htm">"The History of the Royal Regiment of Wales: The South Wales Borderers (1881-1969)"</a>. Royal Welsh<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+Royal+Regiment+of+Wales%3A+The+South+Wales+Borderers+%281881-1969%29&rft.pub=Royal+Welsh&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Froyalwelsh.org.uk%2Fregiment%2F24postwar.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/regimental-museum-of-the-royal-welsh.shtml">"The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (Brecon)"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Regimental+Museum+of+The+Royal+Welsh+%28Brecon%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalwelsh.org.uk%2Fregimental-museum-of-the-royal-welsh.shtml&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCarman1985" class="citation book cs1">Carman, W.Y. (1985). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/richardsimkinsun00carm_0/page/53"><i>Richard Simkin's Uniforms of the British Army. The Infantry Regiments</i></a>. Webb & Bower. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/richardsimkinsun00carm_0/page/53">53</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86350-031-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-86350-031-5"><bdi>0-86350-031-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Richard+Simkin%27s+Uniforms+of+the+British+Army.+The+Infantry+Regiments&rft.pages=53&rft.pub=Webb+%26+Bower&rft.date=1985&rft.isbn=0-86350-031-5&rft.aulast=Carman&rft.aufirst=W.Y.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Frichardsimkinsun00carm_0%2Fpage%2F53&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30097594">"Blouse, battledress, 1937 pattern"</a>. Imperial War Museum<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Blouse%2C+battledress%2C+1937+pattern&rft.pub=Imperial+War+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F30097594&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/24thfootcolonels.htm">"24th Regiment of Foot"</a>. British Empire<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 July</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=24th+Regiment+of+Foot&rft.pub=British+Empire&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishempire.co.uk%2Fforces%2Farmyunits%2Fbritishinfantry%2F24thfootcolonels.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFGazette27508" class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27508/page/8841">"No. 27508"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_London_Gazette" title="The London Gazette">The London Gazette</a></i>. 23 December 1902. p. 8841.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+London+Gazette&rft.atitle=No.+27508&rft.pages=8841&rft.date=1902-12-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegazette.co.uk%2FLondon%2Fissue%2F27508%2Fpage%2F8841&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20060322234141/http://www.worldmilitarybands.com/24thregt.html">"24th Regiment band"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=24th+Regiment+band&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.today%2F20060322234141%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldmilitarybands.com%2F24thregt.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAtkinson2014" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/C._T._Atkinson" title="C. 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Cashel, County Tipperary: Lion Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-9930549-1-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-9930549-1-4"><bdi>978-0-9930549-1-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Tin+Hats%2C+The+South+Wales+Borderers+in+County+Meath+1920-22&rft.place=Cashel%2C+County+Tipperary&rft.pub=Lion+Press&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-0-9930549-1-4&rft.aulast=Courtney&rft.aufirst=Ultan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academia.edu%2F41926188&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <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="CITEREFHart's_Army_List_for_1901" class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.nls.uk/101046745"><i>Hart's Army List for 1901</i></a>. London: John Murray. 1901 – via nls.uk. <q>Corrected to the 31st December 1900</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hart%27s+Army+List+for+1901&rft.place=London&rft.pub=John+Murray&rft.date=1901&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.nls.uk%2F101046745&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFHart's_Army_List_for_1903" class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://digital.nls.uk/100627002"><i>Hart's Army List for 1903</i></a>. London: John Murray. 1903 – via nls.uk. <q>Corrected to the 31st December 1902</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hart%27s+Army+List+for+1903&rft.place=London&rft.pub=John+Murray&rft.date=1903&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.nls.uk%2F100627002&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFThe_Quarterly_Indian_Army_List_July_1921" class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284991/page/n524/mode/1up?q=Borderers"><i>The Quarterly Indian Army List July 1921</i></a>. Calcutta: Army Department, Government of India. 1921. ark:/13960/t2h75x79z – via archive.org.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Quarterly+Indian+Army+List+July+1921&rft.place=Calcutta&rft.pub=Army+Department%2C+Government+of+India&rft.date=1921&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fin.ernet.dli.2015.284991%2Fpage%2Fn524%2Fmode%2F1up%3Fq%3DBorderers&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJames2001" class="citation book cs1">James, E.A. (2001) [1978]. <i>British Regiments 1914–18</i>. Uckfield: Naval & Military Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-197-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-197-9"><bdi>978-1-84342-197-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Regiments+1914%E2%80%9318&rft.place=Uckfield&rft.pub=Naval+%26+Military+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-197-9&rft.aulast=James&rft.aufirst=E.A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Lt-Col H.F. Joslen, <i>Orders of Battle, United Kingdom and Colonial Formations and Units in the Second World War, 1939–1945</i>, London: HM Stationery Office, 1960/London: London Stamp Exchange, 1990, ISBN 0-948130-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2003, ISBN 1-843424-74-6.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKnight1996" class="citation book cs1">Knight, Ian (1996). <i>Rorke's Drift 1879, "Pinned Like Rats in a Hole"</i>. Osprey. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85532-506-3" title="Special:BookSources/1-85532-506-3"><bdi>1-85532-506-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rorke%27s+Drift+1879%2C+%22Pinned+Like+Rats+in+a+Hole%22&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=1-85532-506-3&rft.aulast=Knight&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKnight2002" class="citation book cs1">Knight, Ian (2002). <i>Isandlwana 1879: The Great Zulu Victory</i>. Osprey. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-84176-511-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-84176-511-2"><bdi>1-84176-511-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Isandlwana+1879%3A+The+Great+Zulu+Victory&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=1-84176-511-2&rft.aulast=Knight&rft.aufirst=Ian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Bryn Owen, <i>History of the Welsh Militia and Volunteer Corps 1757–1908: Montgomeryshire Regiments of Militia, Volunteers and Yeomanry Cavalry</i>, Wrexham: Bridge Books, 2000, ISBN 1-872424-85-6.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFWhybra2020" class="citation book cs1">Whybra, Julian (2020). <i>England's Sons: The roll call for Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift</i> (9th ed.). Chelmsford: One Slice Books Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-90-890194-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-90-890194-1"><bdi>978-1-90-890194-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%27s+Sons%3A+The+roll+call+for+Isandhlwana+and+Rorke%27s+Drift&rft.place=Chelmsford&rft.edition=9th&rft.pub=One+Slice+Books+Ltd&rft.date=2020&rft.isbn=978-1-90-890194-1&rft.aulast=Whybra&rft.aufirst=Julian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAdams1968" class="citation book cs1">Adams, Jack (1968). <i>Famous Regiments: The South Wales Borderers</i>. Hamish Hamilton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0241913888" title="Special:BookSources/978-0241913888"><bdi>978-0241913888</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Famous+Regiments%3A+The+South+Wales+Borderers&rft.pub=Hamish+Hamilton&rft.date=1968&rft.isbn=978-0241913888&rft.aulast=Adams&rft.aufirst=Jack&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASouth+Wales+Borderers" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=South_Wales_Borderers&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jones_(VC)" title="William Jones (VC)">William Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Teignmouth_Melvill" title="Teignmouth Melvill">Teignmouth Melvill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivor_Rees" title="Ivor Rees">Ivor Rees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Williams_(VC)" title="John Williams (VC)">John Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Williams_(VC)" title="Jack Williams (VC)">John Henry Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angus_Buchanan_(VC)" title="Angus Buchanan (VC)">Angus Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cooper_(VC)" title="James Cooper (VC)">James Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Campbell_Mellis_Douglas" title="Campbell Mellis Douglas">Campbell Mellis Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Fynn" title="James Fynn">James Fynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edric_Gifford,_3rd_Baron_Gifford" title="Edric Gifford, 3rd Baron Gifford">Edric Gifford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Jones_(VC)" title="Robert Jones (VC)">Robert Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Murphy_(VC)" title="Thomas Murphy (VC)">Thomas Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_White_(VC)" title="Albert White (VC)">Albert White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ambrose_Madden" title="Ambrose Madden">Ambrose Madden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Rowlands" title="Hugh Rowlands">Hugh Rowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Charles_Fuller" title="William Charles Fuller">William Charles Fuller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hubert_William_Lewis" title="Hubert William Lewis">Hubert William Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Myles" title="Edgar Myles">Edgar Myles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasker_Watkins" title="Tasker Watkins">Tasker Watkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Barter" title="Frederick Barter">Frederick Barter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_William_Derrington_Bell" title="Edward William Derrington Bell">Edward William Derrington Bell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Collins_(VC)" title="John Collins (VC)">John Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Llewellyn_Davies" title="James Llewellyn Davies">James Llewellyn Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_John_Davies" title="Joseph John Davies">Joseph John Davies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Doughty-Wylie" title="Charles Doughty-Wylie">Charles Doughty-Wylie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Hill_(VC)" title="Albert Hill (VC)">Albert Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Monger" title="George Monger">George Monger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luke_O%27Connor" title="Luke O'Connor">Luke O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Weale" title="Henry Weale">Henry Weale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bernard_Hackett" title="Thomas Bernard Hackett">Thomas Bernard Hackett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Shields_(VC)" title="Robert Shields (VC)">Robert Shields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Thomas_Sylvester" title="William Henry Thomas Sylvester">William Henry Thomas Sylvester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Herbert_Waring" title="William Herbert Waring">William Herbert Waring</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke%27s_Drift" title="Battle of Rorke's Drift">Battle of Rorke's Drift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_feathers" title="Prince of Wales's feathers">Prince of Wales's feathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Men_of_Harlech" title="Men of Harlech">Men of Harlech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firing_Line:_Cardiff_Castle_Museum_of_the_Welsh_Soldier" title="Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier">Firing Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince of Wales' Division">Prince of Wales' Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Guards" title="Welsh Guards">Welsh Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_The_Queen%27s_Dragoon_Guards" title="1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards">1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Regiments_of_foot_1740–188159" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Regiments_of_Foot" title="Template:Regiments of Foot"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Regiments_of_Foot" title="Template talk:Regiments of Foot"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Regiments_of_Foot" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Regiments of Foot"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Regiments_of_foot_1740–188159" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_regiments_of_foot" title="List of regiments of foot">Regiments of foot</a> 1740–1881</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">1st or The Royal Scots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey)" title="Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)">2nd (Queen's Royal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">3rd (East Kent – The Buffs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">4th (The King's Own Royal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">7th (Royal Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_(The_King%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot">8th (The King's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">9th (East Norfolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment" title="Royal Lincolnshire Regiment">10th (North Lincoln)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">11th (North Devonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">12th (East Suffolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="West Yorkshire Regiment">14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">15th (York, East Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">16th (Bedfordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment" title="Royal Leicestershire Regiment">17th (Leicestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)">18th (The Royal Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">20th (East Devonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">22nd (Cheshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers" title="Royal Welch Fusiliers">23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">24th (2nd Warwickshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">25th (King's Own Borderers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_(Cameronian)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot">26th (Cameronian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot">27th (Inniskilling)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_(North_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">28th (North Gloucestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_(Worcestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot">29th (Worcestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_(Cambridgeshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot">30th (Cambridgeshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot">31st (Huntingdonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Wellington's Regiment">33rd (The Duke of Wellington's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_(Cumberland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot">34th (Cumberland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_(Royal_Sussex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot">35th (Royal Sussex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_(Herefordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot">36th (Herefordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_(North_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot">37th (North Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(1st_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot">38th (1st Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_(Dorsetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot">39th (Dorsetshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_(the_2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot">40th (2nd Somersetshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_(Welch)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot">41st (The Welsh)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oglethorpe%27s_Regiment" title="Oglethorpe's Regiment">42nd (Oglethorpe's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Regiment_of_Foot" title="42nd Regiment of Foot">42nd (The Royal Highland) (The Black Watch)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spotswood%27s_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Spotswood's Regiment">43rd (Spotswood's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot">43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>44th (1st Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(East_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot">44th (East Essex)</a></li> <li><i>45th (2nd Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_(Nottinghamshire)_(Sherwood_Foresters)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot">45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters)</a></li> <li><i>46th (3rd Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot">46th (South Devonshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/4th_Regiment_of_Marines_(British_Army)" title="4th Regiment of Marines (British Army)">47th Regiment (4th Marines)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(Lancashire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot">47th (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><i>48th (5th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot">48th (Northamptonshire)</a></li> <li><i>49th (6th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s)_(Hertfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot">49th (Hertfordshire - Princess Charlotte of Wales's)</a></li> <li><i>50th (7th Marines)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley%27s_Regiment" title="Shirley's Regiment">50th (American Provincials)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Queen%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot">50th (The Queen's Own)</a></li> <li><i>51st (8th Marines)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepperrell%27s_Regiment" title="Pepperrell's Regiment">51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>52nd (9th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot">52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>53rd (10th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(West_Norfolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot">55th (Westmorland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot">56th (West Essex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot">57th (West Middlesex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_(Rutlandshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot">58th (Rutlandshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot">59th (2nd Nottinghamshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_Grangues%27s_Regiment" title="De Grangues's Regiment">60th (De Grangues's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gooch%27s_American_Regiment" title="Gooch's American Regiment">61st (Gooch's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(South_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>62nd (Baterau's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">62nd (Royal American)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/77th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Montgomerie%27s_Highlanders)" title="77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)">62nd (1st Highland Battalion)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(Wiltshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot">62nd (Wiltshire)</a></li> <li><i>63rd (American)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fraser_Highlanders" title="78th Fraser Highlanders">63rd (2nd Highland Battalion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(West_Suffolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot">63rd (West Suffolk)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loudon%27s_Highlanders" title="Loudon's Highlanders">64th (Loudon's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (1757)">64th (Draper's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot">64th (2nd Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley%27s_Regiment" title="Shirley's Regiment">65th (Shirley's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_(2nd_Yorkshire,_North_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot">65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepperrell%27s_Regiment" title="Pepperrell's Regiment">66th (Pepperrell's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(Berkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot">66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>67th (Bolton's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_(South_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot">67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>68th (Bedford's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)" title="68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)">68th (Durham) (Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_(South_Lincolnshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot">69th (South Lincolnshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot">70th (Surrey)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="71st Regiment of Foot (1758)">71st (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_Regiment_of_Foot,_Fraser%27s_Highlanders" title="71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders">71st (Fraser's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i>71st (Invalids)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot">71st (Highland Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)">72nd (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">72nd (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Manchester_Volunteers)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers)">72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany%27s_Own_Highlanders" title="72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders">72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (1758)">73rd (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">73rd (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot">73rd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot">73rd (Perthshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="74th Regiment of Foot">74th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">74th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_(Highland)_Foot" title="74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot">74th (Argyleshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot">74th (Highland)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (1758)">75th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">75th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Regiment)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment)">75th (Prince of Wales's Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_(Stirlingshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot">75th (Stirlingshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1756)" title="76th Regiment of Foot (1756)">76th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot_(MacDonald%27s_Highlanders)" title="76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders)">76th (MacDonald's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="76th Regiment of Foot">76th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/77th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Montgomerie%27s_Highlanders)" title="77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)">77th (Montgomery's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atholl_Highlanders" title="Atholl Highlanders">77th (Atholl Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_(East_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot">77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/78th_Fraser_Highlanders" title="78th Fraser Highlanders">78th (Fraser's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany%27s_Own_Highlanders" title="72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders">78th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">78th (Highland) (The Ross-shire Buffs)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (1757)">79th</a> (1758–1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Liverpool_Volunteers)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)">79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Light-Armed_Foot" title="80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot">80th (Light Armed)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Edinburgh_Volunteers)" title="80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)">80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Staffordshire_Volunteers)" title="80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)">80th (Staffordshire Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i>81st (Invalids)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Aberdeenshire_Highland_Regiment)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment)">81st (Aberdeenshire Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i>81st (1793)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincoln_Volunteers)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)">81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">82nd (invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1777)" title="82nd Regiment of Foot (1777)">82nd (1777)</a></i></li> <li><i>82nd (1793)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers)" title="82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)">82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/83rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="83rd Regiment of Foot (1757)">83rd (1757–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/83rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Glasgow_Volunteers)" title="83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)">83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincoln_Volunteers)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)">83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83rd_(County_of_Dublin)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot">83rd (County of Dublin)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (1759)">84th (1758–1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highland_Emigrants)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)">84th (Royal Highland Emigrants)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_(York_and_Lancaster)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot">84th (York and Lancaster)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Royal Volunteers)">85th (Royal Volontiers Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Westminster_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Westminster Volunteers)">85th (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/86th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="86th Regiment of Foot (1758)">86th (1759–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/86th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Rutland_Regiment)" title="86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment)">86th (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_(Royal_County_Down)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot">86th (Royal County Down)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/87th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Keith%27s_Highlanders)" title="87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)">87th (Keith's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/87th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="87th Regiment of Foot (1779)">87th (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_(Royal_Irish_Fusiliers)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot">87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Highland_Volunteers)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers)">88th (Highland Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (1779)">88th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Connaught_Rangers)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)">88th (Connaught Rangers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/89th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="89th (Highland) Regiment of Foot">89th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/89th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="89th Regiment of Foot (1779)">89th (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/89th_(Princess_Victoria%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot">89th (Princess Victoria's)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (1759)">90th (Irish Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Yorkshire_Volunteers)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers)">90th (Yorkshire Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)">90th (Perthshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="91st Regiment of Foot (1759)">91st (1759–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Shropshire_Volunteers)" title="91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers)">91st (Shropshire Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i>91st (1793–1795)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Donegal_Light_Infantry)" title="92nd Regiment of Foot (Donegal Light Infantry)">92nd (Donegal Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)">92nd (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>92nd (1793–1795)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">92nd (Gordon Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i>93rd (1760–1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/93rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="93rd Regiment of Foot (1780)">93rd (1779–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>93rd (Highland) (1793–1798)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_(Sutherland_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">93rd (Sutherland Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="94th Regiment of Foot (1760)">94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="94th Regiment of Foot (1780)">94th (1780–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>94th (Irish)</i></li> <li><i>94th (Scots Brigade) </i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="94th Regiment of Foot">94th</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/95th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Burton%27s)" title="95th Regiment of Foot (Burton's)">95th (1759–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/95th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Reid%27s)" title="95th Regiment of Foot (Reid's)">95th (1780–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>95th (1794–1796)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)" title="Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)">95th (Riflemen)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1803)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1803)">95th (1816–1818)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_(Derbyshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot">95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1760)">96th (1760–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(British_Musketeers)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (British Musketeers)">96th (British Musketeers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1803)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1803)">96th (1803–1816)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">96th (Queen's Own Germans)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">96th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>97th (1760–1763)</i></li> <li><i>97th (1780–1784)</i></li> <li><i>97th (Inverness-shire Highlanders)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">97th (Queen's Own Germans)</a></i></li> <li><i>97th (1816–1818)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_(The_Earl_of_Ulster%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot">97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>98th (1760–1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/98th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="98th Regiment of Foot (1780)">98th (1780–1784)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">98th (Argyllshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i>98th (1804–1816)</i></li> <li><i>98th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot">98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>99th (1760–1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/99th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Jamaica_Regiment)" title="99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment)">99th (Jamaica Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/99th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="99th Regiment of Foot (1794)">99th (1794–1797)</a></i></li> <li><i>99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_Regent%27s_County_of_Dublin_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)">99th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_(Lanarkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot">99th (Duke of Edinburgh's)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (1760)">100th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincolnshire_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment)">100th (1780–1784)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">100th (Gordon Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_Regent%27s_County_of_Dublin_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)">100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">100th (New South Wales Corps)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Canadian)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot">100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (1760)">101st (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (1780)">101st (1780–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>101st (Irish)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Duke_of_York%27s_Irish)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)">101st (Duke of York's Irish)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)">101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i>102nd (Queen's Royal Volunteers) </i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1781)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (1781)">102nd (1780–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Irish_Rangers)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (Irish Rangers)">102nd (Irish)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">102nd (New South Wales Corps)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Madras_Fusiliers)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)">102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Volunteer_Hunters)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters)">103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Irish_Infantry)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry)">103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (1794)">103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1806)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (1806)">103rd (1809–1816)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bombay_Fusiliers)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)">103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Volunteers)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (King's Volunteers)">104th (King's Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1782)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (1782)">104th (1782–1783)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Manchester_Volunteers)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers)">104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_(New_Brunswick)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot">104th (New Brunswick)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="104th Regiment of Foot">104th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_of_Highlanders)" class="mw-redirect" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders)">105th (Queen's Own Royal Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Volunteers_of_Ireland" title="Volunteers of Ireland">105th (Volunteers of Ireland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (1794)">105th (1794–1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)">105th (Madras Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Black_Musqueteers)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Black Musqueteers)">106th (Black Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (1794)">106th (1794–1796)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Light_Infantry)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)">106th (Bombay Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_of_British_Volunteers)" title="107th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)">107th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="107th Regiment of Foot (1794)">107th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/107th_(Bengal_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot">107th (Bengal Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="108th Regiment of Foot (1761)">108th (1760–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="108th Regiment of Foot (1794)">108th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Infantry)" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)">108th (Madras Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="109th Regiment of Foot (1761)">109th (1761–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/109th_(Aberdeenshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot">109th (Aberdeenshire)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Infantry)" title="109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)">109th (Bombay Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Royal_Musqueteers)" title="110th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)">110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="110th Regiment of Foot (1794)">110th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="111th Regiment of Foot (1761)">111th (1761–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Birmingham_Volunteers)" title="111th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)">111th (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Royal_Musqueteers)" title="112th Regiment of Foot (King's Royal Musqueteers)">112th (King's Royal Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="112th Regiment of Foot (1794)">112th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/113th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highlanders)" title="113th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlanders)">113th (Royal Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/113th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="113th Regiment of Foot (1794)">113th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/114th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highlander_Volunteers)" title="114th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlander Volunteers)">114th (Royal Highlander Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/114th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="114th Regiment of Foot (1794)">114th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/115th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Scotch_Lowlanders)" title="115th Regiment of Foot (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)">115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/115th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_William%27s)" title="115th Regiment of Foot (Prince William's)">115th (Prince William's)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">116th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/116th_(Perthshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="116th (Perthshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">116th (Perthshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">117th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/117th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="117th Regiment of Foot (1794)">117th (1793–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">118th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/118th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="118th Regiment of Foot (1794)">118th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/119th_(The_Prince%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="119th (The Prince's Own) Regiment of Foot">119th (The Prince's Own)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/119th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="119th Regiment of Foot (1794)">119th (1794–1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/120th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1763)" title="120th Regiment of Foot (1763)">120th (1762–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/120th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="120th Regiment of Foot (1794)">120th (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/121st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="121st Regiment of Foot (1762)">121st (1761–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/121st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="121st Regiment of Foot (1794)">121st (1794–1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/122nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="122nd Regiment of Foot (1762)">122nd (1762–1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/122nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="122nd Regiment of Foot (1794)">122nd (1794–1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/123rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="123rd Regiment of Foot (1762)">123rd (1762–1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/123rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincolnshire)" title="123rd Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire)">123rd (1794–1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/124th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="124th Regiment of Foot (1762)">124th (1762–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/124th_(Waterford)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="124th (Waterford) Regiment of Foot">124th (Waterford)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/125th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="125th Regiment of Foot">125th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/126th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="126th Regiment of Foot">126th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/127th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="127th Regiment of Foot">127th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/128th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="128th Regiment of Foot">128th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/129th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="129th Regiment of Foot">129th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/130th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="130th Regiment of Foot">130th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/131st_Regiment_of_Foot" title="131st Regiment of Foot">131st</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/132nd_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="132nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot">132nd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/133rd_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="133rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot">133rd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/134th_(Loyal_Limerick)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="134th (Loyal Limerick) Regiment of Foot">134th (Loyal 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