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*'''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''' <ref>Dave (Heritage Plus) [http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78081&p=717461 South Wales Borderers pre 1914] ''Great War Forum'' 03 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2015</ref>
:*10 December 1897 - March 1898 - [[Meerut]]
:*March 1898 - November 1899 - [[Chakrata]]
:*November 1899 - March 1900 - [[Dehra Dun]] and Pur
:*March 1900 -November 1900 - [[Meerut]]
:*November 1900 - October 1902 - [[Peshawar]]
:*October 1902 - November 1902 - [[Lahore|Mian Mir]] and [[Ambala|Umballa]]
:*November 1902 - January 1903 - [[Delhi]]
:*January 1903 - March 1905 - [[Lahore|Mian Mir]] and [[Dalhousie]]
:*March 1905 - March 1909 - [[Karachi]] and [[Hyderabad]]
:*March 1909 - 2 December 1910 - Right British Infantry (later Roberts) Barracks, [[Quetta]]
==Records==
*[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
*"The Troops in Burmah" ''British Medical Journal'' October 9, 1886, page 703. Sickness and Death. [http://docs.google.com/viewer?aurl=v&q=cache:z88LWFZj4bIJhttp%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+%22volunteer+regiments%22+bengal&hl=en&gl=au&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjsrJkHAxSoX8FCMQ92ug46qSQxrvaWyrDhsc0_e9aKMF-ljxQ_8PW8m2lDn2Md3ywGx4MjKPrsOSb8qKlvR11q1N8WxFnMJKZhQdSPpzvqAsyzkdzsow2ywN0cVBNTCkqgqaqr&sig=AHIEtbTm6CO42igkpsVJ8rKrnHU0tAX4QA Burma 1886pdf]. Sickness and death from the British Medical Journal
*[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
**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.
Illustrated by Michael Roffe. Published by Osprey Publishing, 1975
ISBN 0850452090 and ISBN 9780850452099 [http://books.google.com/books?id=Kv5Z2DBV2swC&pg=PA15 Limited View Google Books]
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