41st Regiment of Foot: Difference between revisions

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Known as The Welsh Regiment

1719 raised by General Edmund Fielding out of independent companies of invalids and Chelsea out-pensioners
1741 renamed the Royal Invalids
1751 became the 41st Regiment of Foot
1782 became the 41st (Royal Invalids) Regiment of Foot
1787 became a conventional line regiment reverting to 41st Regiment of Foot
1831 became the 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot
1881 united with 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot to become 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment
1969 amalgamated with The South Wales Borderers to form The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
2006 amalgamated with The Royal Welch Fusiliers to form 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales)

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 *[[1st Burma War]]
 *Candahar 1842
-*Ghuznee 1842
+*[[Battle of Ghazni 1842|Ghuznee 1842]]
-*Kabul 1842
+*[[Battle of Kabul Sept 1842|Cabool 1842]]
 == External Links ==
 [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060317/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/041-719.htm 41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot] www.regiments.org<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_(Welsh)_Regiment_of_Foot 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Welsh_Regiment The Welch Regiment] Wikipedia
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