24th Regiment of Foot

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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)

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