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Muster records at the National Archives, Kew in the series WO 12 commence at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13072&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=4061000 WO 12/4059 1st Battalion 1760 - 1782 | Muster records at the National Archives, Kew in the series WO 12 commence at [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13072&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=4061000 WO 12/4059] 1st Battalion 1760 - 1782, [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=6&CATID=3160522&GPE=False&MARKER=0 WO 12/4133] 2nd Battalion 1804-1805, with final item | ||
[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=3160546&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5 WO 12/4157 2nd Battalion 1876-1877 | [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=3160546&CATLN=6&accessmethod=5 WO 12/4157] 2nd Battalion 1876-1877 | ||
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Revision as of 10:30, 23 December 2009
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
- 1935 became The Buffs, (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- 1969 amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
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, WO 12/4133 2nd Battalion 1804-1805, with final item WO 12/4157 2nd Battalion 1876-1877
External Links
South Wales Borderers Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Wales History www.rrw.org.uk
24th in 2nd Sikh War www.rrw.org.uk
1/24th Foot Locations 1689-1969 www.rrw.org.uk
2/24th Foot Locations 1756-1948 www.rrw.org.uk
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