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*[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/index.htm South Wales Borderers Museum at Brecon] www.rrw.org.uk
*[http://www.rrw.org.uk/museums/index.htm South Wales Borderers Museum at Brecon] www.rrw.org.uk
*[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier] covers [[1st Dragoon Guards]], [[2nd Dragoon Guards]] or The Queen’s Bays, [[23rd Regiment of Foot|23rd]], 24th , [[41st Regiment of Foot|41st]] and [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Regiments of Foot]].
*[http://www.cardiffcastlemuseum.org.uk Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier] covers [[1st Dragoon Guards]], [[2nd Dragoon Guards]] or The Queen’s Bays, [[23rd Regiment of Foot|23rd]], 24th , [[41st Regiment of Foot|41st]] and [[69th Regiment of Foot|69th Regiments of Foot]].
*[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://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:z88LWFZj4bIJ:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257545/pdf/brmedj04747-0041.pdf+%22volunteer+regiments%22+bengal&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjsrJkHAxSoX8FCMQ92ug46qSQxrvaWyrDhsc0_e9aKMF-ljxQ_8PW8m2lDn2Md3ywGx4MjKPrsOSb8qKlvR11q1N8WxFnMJKZhQdSPpzvqAsyzkdzsow2ywN0cVBNTCkqgqaqr&sig=AHIEtbTm6CO42igkpsVJ8rKrnHU0tAX4QA Burma 1886]. Sickness and death from the British Medical Journal
*[http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:z88LWFZj4bIJ:www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2257545/pdf/brmedj04747-0041.pdf+%22volunteer+regiments%22+bengal&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjsrJkHAxSoX8FCMQ92ug46qSQxrvaWyrDhsc0_e9aKMF-ljxQ_8PW8m2lDn2Md3ywGx4MjKPrsOSb8qKlvR11q1N8WxFnMJKZhQdSPpzvqAsyzkdzsow2ywN0cVBNTCkqgqaqr&sig=AHIEtbTm6CO42igkpsVJ8rKrnHU0tAX4QA Burma 1886]. Sickness and death from the British Medical Journal



Revision as of 01:55, 10 May 2012

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)

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

External Links

Historical books on-line

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