24th Regiment of Foot

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

24th Regiment of Foot www.britishempire.co.uk
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
Burma 1886. Sickness and death from the British Medical Journal

Historical books on-line

• Historical records of the 24th regiment, from its formation, in 1689 1892. Archive.org. Page 90 states the Regiment (the 1st Battalion) left Cape Town for India in 1810
• "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

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