This intriguing collection of around 200 photographs illustrates
the distinguished service of a South Wales regiment which can be
traced back to the early eighteenth century and which had close
links to the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. It illustrates the history of
the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Welsh Regiment, formed from the
41st (The Welch) Regiment of Infantry and the 69th (South
Lincolnshire) Regiment, which saw worldwide service in the days of
the Empire and beyond. Supported at home, until 1908, by one
Militia Battalion and four Volunteer Battalions, and after 1908 by
four Territorial Battalions, the Regiment could truly be described
as the indigenous infantry of south and south-west Wales. The book
also traces the expanded Regiment which participated valiantly in
the First World War. Officially renamed the The Welch Regiment in
1920, restoring the old English spelling, the Regiment continued to
add to its outstanding record of service. During the Second World
War Battalions fought in North Africa, Crete, Sicily, Italy, the
North West Frontier as well as with the 14th Army in Burma. In
1948, the 2nd Battalion was disbanded, but the 1st went on to
service in Korea, on the Rhine, North Africa and Hong Kong,
interspersed with peaceful interludes in the United Kingdom.
However, in 1969, the 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment,
amalgamated with the 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers, to
form the 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales, thus bringing
to a close two and half centuries of loyal independent service.
This collection, taken from the regimental archives and for the
most part unpublished, presents a stunning pictorial history of the
Regiment's achievements, showing their gallant service all over the
world.
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