41st Regiment of Foot

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Known as The Welsh Regiment

Chronology

  • 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)

British India Service

External Links

41st (the Welsh) Regiment of Foot www.regiments.org
41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
The Welch Regiment Wikipedia