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*[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/britishinfantry/24thfoot.htm 24th Regiment of Foot] www.britishempire.co.uk<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers South Wales Borderers] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/regimental-museum-of-the-royal-welsh.shtml The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh (Brecon)] royalwelsh.org.uk includes [http://www.royalwelsh.org.uk/regiment/history-regiment-timeline.htm historical timeline] linking to the regiment's various deployments. Covers [[23rd Regiment of Foot|23rd]], 24th, [[41st Regiment of Foot|41st]] and [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Regiments of Foot]].
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071007120108/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/024SWB.htm The South Wales Borderers] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20071020112456/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/024-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071020111739/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/024-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site.<br>
*First World War
**[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918.net/swb.htm south-wales-borderers/ 1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers
], a Battalion of the Territorial Force, arrived in Bombay 3 December 1914, almost immediately went to Aden, subsequently returned to India and remained in India throughout the war, stationed at [[Mhow]] wwwlonglongtrail.1914-1918co.netuk
***[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rugby_pioneers/3255635108/in/gallery-23268776@N03-72157639070529513/ Photograph: Winners of the All India (Calcutta) Rugby Challenge Cup 1917] flickr.com
**[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808040827/http://www.js-ww1.bham.ac.uk/articles/issue3_Connelly.pdf "The British Campaign in Aden, 1914-1918"] by Mark Connelly ''Journal of the Centre for First World War Studies Vol. 1, No. 3, 2005''. pages 65-96, now archived. Mentions the Territorial Force 4/South Wales Borderers (Brecknockshire Battalion) where there were deaths from heatstroke. This is possibly an alternative name for the 1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion which served in Aden.
