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*[http://readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-arracan-expedition-andaman-islands-1867  The Arracan Expedition, Andaman Islands 1867] A detachment of 3 officers and 100 men of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was dispatched from Rangoon on the steamship Arracan to rescue crew members of  the ship Assam Valley who had been captured. As a result 5 Victoria Cross awards were made. readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com
*[http://readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/the-arracan-expedition-andaman-islands-1867  The Arracan Expedition, Andaman Islands 1867] A detachment of 3 officers and 100 men of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot was dispatched from Rangoon on the steamship Arracan to rescue crew members of  the ship Assam Valley who had been captured. As a result 5 Victoria Cross awards were made. readinggivesmewings.wordpress.com
*"The Troops in Burmah" ''British Medical Journal'' October 9, 1886, page 703. Sickness and Death. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2257545%2Fpdf%2Fbrmedj04747-0041.pdf html version], [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257545/pdf/brmedj04747-0041.pdf pdf]  
*"The Troops in Burmah" ''British Medical Journal'' October 9, 1886, page 703. Sickness and Death. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC2257545%2Fpdf%2Fbrmedj04747-0041.pdf html version], [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257545/pdf/brmedj04747-0041.pdf pdf]  
*[http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm An Indian Pilgrimage
]  by Martin Everett. rorkesdriftvc.com. Appears to be written 2003 or earlier. This article describes
*[http://www.rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm An Indian Pilgrimage
]  by Martin Everett. rorkesdriftvc.com. Appears to be written 2003 or earlier, as there is an [https://web.archive.org/web/20030801025128/http://rorkesdriftvc.com/stories/m_everett.htm archived version] from this date.  This article describes
**A Regimental Memorial, located in the old cantonment cemetery at Allahabad, dedicated to those soldiers and families of the 24th Regiment who died of fever at [[Ranikhet]] and [[Allahabad]] from 1889 to 1891.
**A Regimental Memorial, located in the old cantonment cemetery at Allahabad, dedicated to those soldiers and families of the 24th Regiment who died of fever at [[Ranikhet]] and [[Allahabad]] from 1889 to 1891.
**Headstones in the old cantonment cemetery near [[Mhow]] railway station relating to some twenty deaths from Spanish ‘flu in September 1918  of men from the Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
**Headstones in the old cantonment cemetery near [[Mhow]] railway station relating to some twenty deaths from Spanish ‘flu in September 1918  of men from the Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/commentariesonpu00lawr#page/128/mode/2up "The Second Advance of the 24th Foot at Chillianwalla"], page 128 ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources'' by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/commentariesonpu00lawr#page/128/mode/2up "The Second Advance of the 24th Foot at Chillianwalla"], page 128 ''Commentaries on the Punjab Campaign, 1848-49. Including some additions to the history of the Second Sikh War, from original sources'' by J H  Lawrence-Archer 1878 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/soldiersshikartr00mainiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''A Soldier's Shikar Trips''] by Brigadier- General H. G. Mainwaring late South Wales Borderers (24th Regiment) 1920 Archive.org
*[http://archive.org/stream/soldiersshikartr00mainiala#page/n7/mode/2up ''A Soldier's Shikar Trips''] by Brigadier- General H. G. Mainwaring late South Wales Borderers (24th Regiment) 1920 Archive.org
*''The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914 -1918'' by C.T.Atkinson, originally published 1931 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-south-wales-borderers-1914-1918/ ''History of the South Wales Borderers 1914- 1918''] by C T Atkinson, originally published 1931. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which is in turn available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19XLg-ecJX ''The History of the South Wales Borderers''] located in World WarII/Military Books/Britain/Scroll to letter T.  
*''The History of the South Wales Borderers 1914 -1918'' by C.T.Atkinson, originally published 1931 is available in a reprint edition,<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-the-south-wales-borderers-1914-1918/ ''History of the South Wales Borderers 1914- 1918''] by C T Atkinson, originally published 1931. Naval & Military Press.</ref> which is in turn available as an online book on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3 as [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19XLg-ecJX ''The History of the South Wales Borderers''] located in World WarII/Military Books/Britain/Scroll to letter T.
 
== Recommended Reading ==
== Recommended Reading ==
The South Wales Borderers by Christopher Wilkinson-Latham, Michael Roffe
The South Wales Borderers by Christopher Wilkinson-Latham, Michael Roffe

Latest revision as of 01:23, 28 December 2020

Nicknames: Howard's Greens, The Bengal Tigers
Known as South Wales Borderers

Chronology

  • 1689 raised as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became 24th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became the South Wales Borderers
  • 1969 amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
1st Battalion in India 1897-1910 [1]

Records

Refer British Army - Records

Muster records at the National Archives, Kew in the series WO 12 commence at WO 12/4059 1st Battalion 1760 - 1782, and continue until WO 12/4133 2nd Battalion 1804-1805, with final item WO 12/4157 2nd Battalion 1876-1877

Regimental flash

The flash, also known as the pagri (puggaree) badge, affixed to the pagri around the sun helmet in India, consisted of two outer stripes of green and an inner stripe of white. [3]

FIBIS resources

  • FIBIS Gallery: Ludwell Collection. Ludwell was in the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot c 1900-1910. Some photographs are dated 1905 and 1906.

External links

Historical books online

Recommended Reading

The South Wales Borderers by Christopher Wilkinson-Latham, Michael Roffe Illustrated by Michael Roffe. Published by Osprey Publishing, 1975 ISBN 0850452090 and ISBN 9780850452099 Limited View Google Books

References

  1. Dave (Heritage Plus) South Wales Borderers pre 1914 Great War Forum 03 July 2007. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. Pur appears to be situated about 15 miles from both Muzaffarnagar and Roorkee Page 136 Highland Light Infantry Chronicle 1905
  3. FROGSMILE. Help with photograph please Great War Forum 31 March 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. The Regimental Museum Of The Royal Welsh Facebook post 14 September 2018 facebook.com/royal.welsh.museum
  5. History of the South Wales Borderers 1914- 1918 by C T Atkinson, originally published 1931. Naval & Military Press.