1st January 1796
69th Foot arrived in San Domingo |
3rd January 1937
Memorial unveiled at in memory of the soldiers of the 24th killed in action at Jhelum during the Mutiny in 1857 |
4th January 1950
1/SWB moved to Eritrea from Khartoum. |
5th January 1762
69th Foot moved to Martinique from Barbados |
8th January 1916
2/SWB was evacuated from Gallipoli after enduring 258 days on the peninsular. Losses amounted to 1,614 men during that short period |
9th January 1911
2/RWF arrived back in India from Burma |
10th January 1914
1/RWF embarked at Southampton for Malta |
11th January 1993
1/RRW moved to Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire from Hong Kong |
12th January 1900
2/SWB embarked at Southampton aboard SS Bavarian for Cape Town to take part in the Anglo-Boer War |
13th January 1849
Anniversary of the battle of Chillianwallah during the 2nd Sikh war. Out of 1,116 men, the 24th Foot had 525 casualties |
14th January 1782
69th Foot moved to Antigua from Barbados |
15th January 1953
1/SWB moved to Brunswick, Germany from Sennybridge |
16th January 1809
2/23rd Foot involved in the battle of Corunna, Spain |
18th January 1915
1/WELCH disembarked at Le Havre, France to reinforce the British Expeditionary Force |
20th January 1827
23rd Foot landed at Lisbon from Gibraltar |
21st January 1813
Anniversary of the battle of Frenchtown on the River Raisin, Michigan Territory, involving 41st Foot |
22nd January 1879
Queen's Colour 1/24th Foot saved by Lieutenants Melvill and Coghill after the disaster at Isandlwana. A Regimental Anniversary |
23rd January 1879
Immortal defence of Rorke's Drift. The 24th Foot are awarded 7 out of 11 Victoria Crosses |
24th January 1858
69th Foot embarked for Rangoon, Burma |
25th January 1915
2/WELCH involved in the action at Givenchy |
26th January 1958
1/RWF arrived Lichfield from Berlin |
27th January 1920
Official approval granted to spell the title of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Welsh Regiment 'WELCH' |
28th January 1747
23rd Foot landed in the Netherlands |
3rd February 1900
2/SWB disembarked at Cape Town to take part in the Anglo-Boer War |
4th February 1879
Queen's Colour 1/24th Foot recovered from the Buffalo River after Isandlwana |
5th February 1823
69th Foot moved to Wallajabad |
6th February 1913
1/WELSH moved to Khartoum from Cairo |
7th February 1794
69th Foot disembarked at Mortella Point, Corsica |
8th February 1698
23rd Foot embarked for Ireland |
9th February 1826
Action at Pagan in Burma involving 41st Foot |
10th February 1969
1/WELCH engaged on Public Duties in London |
11th February 1832
41st Foot moved to Moulmein, Burma with detachments at Mergue and Tavoy |
12th February 1702
John Churchill, later Duke of Marlborough, appointed the 6th Colonel of the 24th Foot |
14th February 1797
The 69th Foot served as Marines when the Spanish fleet was defeated off Cape St. Vincent. A second Naval Battle Honour gained for the Regiment |
15th February 1914
1/WELSH moved to Karachi from Khartoum |
16th February 1816
41st Foot embarked for Ireland |
17th February 1914
2 RWF sailed from Karachi for England |
18th February 1900
Anniversary of the battle of Paardeberg involving 1/WELCH and Mounted Infantry Companies of WELCH and SWB during the Anglo-Boer War |
20th February 2004
HRH The Prince of Wales, as Colonel-in-Chief, visits 1/RRW in Basra, Iraq |
21st February 1849
Anniversary of the battle of Goojerat during the 2nd Sikh war involving the 24th Foot |
22nd February 1937
1/SWB proceeded to Waziristan in connection with disturbances on the frontier |
25th February 1831
41st Foot given the title the 'Welsh' Regiment |
27th February 1814
Anniversary of battle for Orthes, the first major action on French soil at the end of the long Peninsular campaign. The 1/23rd Foot and 2/24th Foot were in the thick of the action |
28th February 1900
1/RWF at the Relief of Ladysmith |
1st March 2006
* St. David's Day. Leeks issued to all ranks of the Regiment. |
2nd March 1822
41st Foot embarked for Fort George, Madras from Gravesend. Arrived 6 July. Subsequently involved in the Burmese (Ava) War until 6 March 1824 |
4th March 1914
Memorial to the 24th Regiment on the Isandlwana battlefield unveiled by General Sir Reginald Hart VC |
5th March 1927
1/WELCH embarked at Karachi aboard HMT City of Marselles for Aden |
6th March 1989
RWF Tercentenary history, That Astonishing Infantry, was published |
8th March 1689
Henry, 4th Lord Herbert of Chirbury and Sir Edward Dering, Baronet, of Surrenden in Kent were each commissioned to raise a Regiment of Foot in the service of King William III. These regiments later became the 23rd and 24th Regiments of Foot |
9th March 1972
1/RWF arrived Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry |
10th March 1842
Anniversary of the battle of Kandahar involving the 41st Foot |
11th March 1719
Colonel Edmund Fielding given a commission to raise a Regiment from the Invalids at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, later to become the 41st Foot |
12th March 1987
HRH The Prince of Wales, as Colonel in Chief, visited 1/RRW at Lemgo |
13th March 1900
1/WELCH entered Bloemfontein during the Anglo-Boer War |
14th March 1893
The Regimental Journal of the Welsh Regiment 'The Men of Harlech' first published |
15th March 1781
23rd Foot involved in the action at Guilford Court House |
16th March 1689
The first muster of the 23rd Foot at Ludlow, Shropshire |
19th March 1796
23rd Foot sailed from Port au Prince. |
20th March 1948
2/RWF arrived Liverpool from Singapore |
21st March 1825
Presentation of new Colours to 1/24th at Devonport |
22nd March 1950
1/RWF moved from Berlin to Spey Barracks, Buxtehude, Hamburg |
23rd March 1794
23rd Foot and 41st Foot involved in the surrender of Martinique |
24th March 1887
1 RWF returned to India |
25th March 1936
2 WELCH moved to Akbar Barracks, Agra from Landi Kotal |
27th March 1944
6/SWB captured the Mayu Tunnels in Burma during WW2 |
28th March 1689
First muster of Dering's Regiment later to become 24th Regiment of Foot |
29th March 1759
69th Foot took part in Belle Isle expedition, landed 8 April, returned to England 25 May. First Battle Honour for 69th |
30th March 1916
Sergeant Ford 17/RWF awarded an Albert Medal at Gorre, France (later converted to a George Cross) |
31st March 1960
Regimental Depots for recruit training closed at Wrexham (RWF), Brecon (SWB) and Cardiff (WELCH) |
1st April 1934
Colours of the 1/24th Foot carried during the Zulu War finally laid up in Brecon Cathedral after 67 years service |
2nd April 1945
Corporal Ted Chapman, 3rd Monmouths, awarded a Victoria Cross at Teutoburger Wald |
3rd April 1952
2 RWF re-formed at Tidworth |
4th April 1800
Thomas Brisbane appointed Commanding Officer of 69th Foot. Later gives his name to famous Australian city |
5th April 1916
Captain Angus Buchanan MC 4/SWB won a Victoria Cross in Mesopotamia |
6th April 1812
1/23rd Foot involved in the capture of Badajoz, Spain |
7th April 1967
1/RWF moved from Minden to Heathfield Camp, Honiton |
8th April 1761
69th Foot landed at Belle Isle |
9th April 1916
Private James Finn 4/SWB and Captain Edgar Myles DSO WELCH each awarded a Victoria Cross in Mesopotamia |
10th April 1814
1/23rd Foot at battle of Toulouse, France |
11th April 1917
4/SWB entered Baghdad |
12th April 1782
The 69th Foot served as marines with the British fleet. French were defeat in the West Indies known as the battle of the Saints. A first Naval Battle Honour for the Regiment |
13th April 2000
1/RWF won Army rugby cup |
15th April 1854
41st Foot landed at Scurtari at the start of the Crimea campaign |
16th April 1932
1/RWF and 2/RWF met at Gibraltar |
17th April 1944
WELCH received the freedom of the City of Cardiff |
18th April 1993
RRW granted freedom of the Borough of Neath |
19th April 1775
23rd Foot involved in the action at Lexington |
21st April 1940
2/SWB as part of the 24th (Guards) Brigade landed in Norway to take part in that short ill-fated WW2 expedition |
22nd April 1990
RRW granted the freedom of the Borough of Cynon Valley |
23rd April 1758
2/24th Foot renumbered as 69th Regiment of Foot |
24th April 1966
1/RWF to Cyprus as part of UNFICYP until November |
25th April 1915
2/SWB as part of 29th Division landed on Gallipoli peninsula. ANZAC day |
26th April 1915
Lieutenant Colonel Doughty-Wylie RWF was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions at Gallipoli |
27th April 1756
23rd Foot and 24th Foot took part in the Siege of Fort St Philip, Minorca |
28th April 1758
The 2/24th Foot renumbered as 69th Foot. 69th Foot in 1881 become 2/WELCH |
29th April 1958
1/RWF sailed from Liverpool on HMT Devonshire for Cyprus. Arrived 11 May |
30th April 1745
23rd Foot fought in the battle of Fontenoy |
1st May 1883
Presentation of new Colours to 4 SWB (Militia) by the Earl of Powis at Welshpool |
3rd May 1811
2/24th Foot involved in the battle of Fuentes d'Onor during the peninsular campaign in Spain |
4th May 1978
HRH The Prince of Wales opened Welch Regiment Museum in Cardiff Castle |
5th May 1813
41st Regiment involved in the action at Fort Meigs on the Maumee River, Ohio |
6th May 1951
1/RWF detachment to Grenada on Internal Security (IS) duties to end of year |
7th May 1867
Five Victoria Crosses awarded to the rescue party of 1/24th Foot off Little Andaman Islands |
8th May 1915
Anniversary of 2nd Battle of Ypres. The three battalions of Monmouths received over 900 casualties that day |
9th May 1963
1/RWF moved from Bulford to Aldershot Barracks, Iserlohn, BAOR |
10th May 1963
Welch Brigade Depot at Cwrt-y-Gollen opened by HM The Queen |
12th May 1706
23rd Foot and 24th Foot fought in the battle of Ramillies |
13th May 1819
69th Foot involved in assault on Copaul Droog during Mahratta war |
14th May 1879
Re-constituted 1/24th Foot left Dundee, Natal for second invasion of Zululand |
15th May 1999
3 (V) RWF final ceremonial parade, Wrexham |
16th May 1811
1/23rd Foot fought in the battle of Albuhera, Spain |
19th May 1917
Sgt Albert White 2/SWB awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross at Monchy-le-Preux, near Arras, France |
20th May 1904
2/SWB embarked at Cape Town for Southampton |
21st May 1920
2/WELCH moved to Richmond Barracks, Dublin |
22nd May 1996
1/RWF Colours presentation by HM the Queen at Chepstow |
23rd May 1706
Anniversary of the battle of Ramillies. The Duke of Marlborough won the day. The 24th Foot gained a Battle Honour |
25th May 1922
The Havard Chapel in Brecon Cathedral is dedicated as the Regimental Chapel of the South Wales Borderers |
26th May 1920
Pte John Williams VC, a Rorke's Drift defender, retired from service during the Great War |
27th May 1870
69th Foot involved in the battle of Trout River, Canada in Fenian Raid |
31st May 1794
Fort Bizothon, San Domingo captured by 41st Foot |
1st June 1794
69th Foot took part with Royal Navy ships in ‘The Glorious First of June’ |
2nd June 1960
RWF Regimental Museum opened at Caernarfon Castle |
3rd June 1794
41st Foot involved in the action and capture of Fort Bizeton, Port-au-Prince, Martinique |
4th June 1794
23rd Foot involved in the capture of Port au Prince, Guadeloupe |
5th June 1900
1/WELSH entered Pretoria |
6th June 1944
2/SWB, part of 56th Independent Brigade, only Welsh unit to land with assault troops in France on D-Day. |
7th June 1815
41st Foot returned from Canada, via Spithead (15 June), for Ostend (21 June) and Ghent, Belgium |
10th June 1944
Welch Regiment received Honorary Freedom of the City of Cardiff |
11th June 1969
HRH The Prince of Wales, Colonel-in-Chief, presented the first Colours to the newly formed The Royal Regiment of Wales at Cardiff Castle. |
12th June 2002
1/RWF (1975–96) Colours laid up in St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen |
13th June 1856
41st Foot left Crimea at the end of that ill fated campaign |
14th June 1944
3rd Monmouths landed in Normandy as part of 11th Armoured Division |
15th June 1946
Freedom of Wrexham conferred on the RWF |
16th June 1815
2/69th took part in the battle of Quatre Bras |
17th June 1775
23rd Foot fought in the battle of Bunker Hill |
18th June 1815
2/69th Foot as part of General Sir Colin Halkett's brigade took part in the battle of Waterloo |
19th June 1909
Presentation of first Colours to Territorial Force battalions 4/RWF, 5/RWF, 6/RWF, 7/RWF, Brecknockshire Bn SWB, 5/WELSH, 6/WELSH, 2nd Monmouths and 3rd Monmouths by HM King Edward VII at Windsor Great Park |
20th June 1920
1/SWB embarked for Ireland and Dollymount Camp, Dublin |
21st June 1813
Anniversary of the battle of Vittoria during the peninsular campaign in Spain involving the 1/23rd Foot and 2/24th Foot. Afterwards Wellington received his Field Marshal's baton. |
22nd June 1900
2/RWF at relief of Tientsin, China |
23rd June 1989
RRW Officers and Ladies Tercentenary Dinner at Connaught Rooms attended by HRH The Prince of Wales |
24th June 1815
23rd Foot involved in the capture of Cambrai, France |
25th June 1814
1/41st Foot involved in action at Lundy’s Lane, Upper Canada |
26th June 1709
23rd Foot involved in the Siege of Tournai. Surrendered 23 August |
27th June 2000
1/23rd Colours (18261849) removed from St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen for conservation in RWF Museum |
29th June 2002
RRW granted Freedom of County Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff at Pontypridd |
1st July 1916
First day of the great Somme offensive on Western Front. 2/SWB suffered greatly at Beaumont Hamel. The SWB, Welch and Monmouths in all contributed 18 battalions to the offensive |
3rd July 1915
The Brecknock Battalion – the territorial battalion of the South Wales Borderers warded off attacks from Turkish forces at Aden during the Great War. |
4th July 1815
23rd Foot arrived in Paris as part of the army of occupation |
6th July 1802
The 23rd and 24th Regiments awarded the Battle Honour of a Sphinx superscribed 'Egypt' for helping to defeat Napoleon's Army in Egypt in 1801. |
7th July 1916
Attack on east edge of Mametz Wood by 38th (Welsh) Division |
8th July 1969
1/RRW given the freedom of County Borough of Newport |
9th July 1916
Capture of Mametz Wood completed by 38th (Welsh) Division |
10th July 1969
1/RRW given the freedom of Borough of Carmarthen |
11th July 1708
Anniversary of the battle of Ondenarde. The Duke of Marlborough won the day. The 23rd Foot and 24th Foot gained a Battle Honour |
12th July 1904
1/WELSH embarked from South Africa for Gravesend |
13th July 1691
Lieutenant-Colonel Toby Purcell promoted to the Colonelcy of 23rd Foot |
14th July 1964
1/RWF to St George’s Barracks, Minden from Iserlohn |
15th July 1989
RRW Freedom march at Newport |
16th July 1946
1/RWF arrived Gevelsberg, Ruhr, BAOR having absorbed men of 4/RWF and 6/RWF |
17th July 1998
4/RWF, 6/RWF and 7/RWF Normandy Memorial dedication at Evrecy |
19th July 1924
Welch Regiment memorial in Llandaff Cathedral unveiled by Field Marshal The Lord Pulmer |
20th July 1916
Corporal Hill and Private Davies of 10/RWF awarded Victoria Crosses for their actions at Delville Wood, France |
21st July 1856
23rd Foot landed in England from the Crimea |
22nd July 1812
Anniversary of the battle of Salamanca during the peninsular campaign in Spain involving the 1/23rd Foot and 2/24th Foot |
23rd July 1954
HM The Queen presented new Colours to 1/RWF, 2/RWF and 4/RWF at Wroughton, Swindon |
24th July 1998
HRH The Prince of Wales visited 2/RRW at Maindy Barracks, Cardiff |
25th July 1958
The final stand of Colours presented to the South Wales Borderers at Ebbw Vale |
26th July 1998
Korean War Memorial to 1/WELCH unveiled in Llandaff Cathedral |
27th July 1809
Anniversary of battle of Talavera. The 2/24th stood firm, despite 50% casualties, allowing the Foot Guards' Brigade to reform and Wellington wins the day |
28th July 1880
At Osborne House, Queen Victoria attached to her Colour a Wreath of Immortelles – dried flowers – in memory of those who fell at Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift |
29th July 1989
Tercentenary Parade of the Raising of the 24th Regiment held in Cardiff Castle |
30th July 1910
Presentation of first Colours to 4/WELSH at Aberystwyth |
31st July 1917
Assault of Pilckem Ridge by 38th (Welsh) Division. Corporal J Davies 13/RWF and Sergeant Ivor Rees 11/SWB each awarded a Victoria Cross |
1st August 1759
23rd Foot took part in the battle of Minden |
2nd August 1704
23rd Foot and 24th Foot fought in the battle of Blenheim |
3rd August 1982
1/RWF from Lemgo to Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster and Netheravon as Infantry Demonstration Battalion |
4th August 1914
Declaration of the First World War |
5th August 1865
1/24th Foot moved to Beggers Bush, Dublin from the Curragh |
6th August 1960
Presentation of Colours by HM The Queen at Bute Park, Cardiff to 4/WELCH, 4/WELCH and 6/WELCH |
7th August 1915
53rd (Welsh) Division landed at Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula included territorial battalions of RWF and WELSH |
8th August 1866
1/24th Foot moved to Belfast and Londonderry from the Curragh |
10th August 1880
2/24th Foot embarked at Gibraltar aboard HMT Orontes for Secunderabad, India |
11th August 1954
2/RWF sailed from Southampton for Korea on HMT Empire Fowey |
12th August 1914
2/WELCH landed at Le Havre, France with British Expeditionary Force as part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. |
13th August 1704
The 23rd Foot and 24th Foot involved the attack at Blenheim held by 27 French Battalions. Duke of Marlborough wins the day. |
14th August 1900
2/RWF at relief of Peking |
15th August 1914
1/SWB landed at Le Havre, France with British Expeditionary Force as part of 3rd Brigade, 1st Division. |
16th August 1812
Capture of Fort Detroit by the 41st Foot. |
17th August 1937
2/RWF arrived in Shanghai during the Sino-Japanese war |
19th August 1919
1/WELSH embarked at Liverpool for India |
21st August 1915
2/SWB lost 300 men, a third of their strength, during the disastrous attack on Scimitar Hill on Gallipoli peninsular |
22nd August 1713
23rd Foot landed in Ireland from Holland |
23rd August 1803
41st Foot returned to Quebec |
24th August 1914
Retreat from Mons commenced involving 2/RWF, 1/SWB and 2/WELCH. |
25th August 1703
23rd Foot participated in capture of Huy |
26th August 1918
Lance Corporal Weale 14/RWF awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions at Bazentin-le-Grand, France |
27th August 1799
23rd Foot and 69th Foot involved in expedition to Den Helder |
28th August 1815
41st Foot moved from Belgium to Paris as part of the army of occupation |
29th August 2000
1/RWF moved from Ballykelly to Clive Barracks, Tern Hill, Shropshire |
30th August 1689
23rd Foot arrived in Ireland |
31st August 1709
23rd Foot and 24th Foot fought in the Battle of Malplaquet |
2nd September 1801
Surrender of Alexandria. 23rd Foot and 24th Foot later awarded the Honour ‘Sphinx superscribed Egypt’ |
3rd September 1939
Declaration of the Second World War. |
4th September 1899
2/SWB moved to Dublin from Pembroke Dock |
5th September 1842
41st Foot involve in the capture of Ghuzhee |
6th September 1964
1/24th Foot Colours (1812-1825) laid up in Brecon Cathedral |
7th September 1736
23rd Foot present at the Porteous Riots in Edinburgh |
8th September 1855
1/23rd Foot involved in second assault on the Redan in the Crimea. Corporal Shields awarded a Victoria Cross |
9th September 1855
41st Foot at the fall of Sebastopol during the Crimea campaign |
10th September 1967
Memorial gates unveiled at SWB Museum Brecon in memory of Colonel Trower and 5/SWB. |
11th September 1709
Anniversary of the battle of Malplaquet. The Duke of Marlborough won the day. The 23rd Foot and 24th Foot gain a Battle Honour. |
12th September 1914
1/RWF arrived at Southampton from Malta |
13th September 1909
2/SWB moved to Chatham from Aldershot |
14th September 1914
During the attack on the Chemin des Dames ridge, Captain Mark Haggard cried 'Stick it the Welch!' as he fell. Corporal William Fuller, 2/WELCH dragged his wounded Company Commander to safety winning the Victoria Cross. |
15th September 2001
RWF Freedom of the Borough of Newport conferred on the Regiment |
16th September 1872
2/23rd Foot arrived in Ireland from Portsmouth |
17th September 1842
Anniversary of the battle for Cabul involving the 41st Foot |
18th September 1918
Assault on Grand Couronné in Macedonia. Only 36 men of 7/SWB fit for duty after the attack. Battalion awarded French Croix de Guerre. Colonel Burges awarded the Victoria Cross. |
19th September 1983
1/RRW to West Belfast, Northern Ireland |
20th September 1854
Anniversary of the Alma, one of the initial actions of the Crimean campaign involving the 23rd Foot and 41st Foot. Sgt O’Connor and Capt Bell of 23rd awarded Victoria Crosses |
21st September 1719
24th Foot involved in the Vigo expedition |
22nd September 1956
The Welch Regiment Memorial Chapel in Llandaff Cathedral consecrated by Archbishop of Wales. |
23rd September 1914
2/SWB landed at Laoshan Bay prior to the assault on the German held port of Tsingtao in China |
24th September 1977
HRH The Prince of Wales presents Colours to 4 (V) RRW at Parc Howard, Llanelli |
25th September 1915
6/SWB disembarked at Le Havre, France at part of 25th Division. |
26th September 1883
1/SWB moved to Kilkenny, Ireland from Manchester |
27th September 1810
2/24th Foot involved in Battle of Busaco during the peninsular campaign in Spain |
28th September 1843
1/23rd Foot sailed for Barbados |
29th September 1787
41st Foot ceased to be ‘invalids’ |
30th September 1978
HRH The Prince of Wales, as Colonel in Chief, visited 3/RRW at Annual Camp, Barry Buddon, Scotland |
1st October 1993
3 (V) RRW and 4 (V) RRW merged to form 2 (V) RRW |
3rd October 1848
24th Foot involved in 2nd Sikh war |
4th October 2003
RRW granted the Freedom of the County of Powys |
5th October 1813
1/41st Foot involved in action at Moravian Town, Upper Canada |
6th October 1947
SWB and Monmouths exercised newly granted Freedom of the Borough of Brecon |
7th October 1848
1/23rd Foot landed in England from Nova Scotia |
8th October 1918
CSM Jack Williams DCM MM awarded Victoria Cross for conspicuous bravery during the 10/SWB attack on Villers Outreaux. |
9th October 1951
1/WELCH embarked at Southampton for Korea as part of Commonwealth Division; included 5 officers and 100 men from RWF and 1 officer and 30 men from SWB |
10th October 1874
2/23rd Foot embarked at Portsmouth for Gibraltar. |
11th October 1842
41st Foot moved to Peshawer from Kabul. |
12th October 1702
23rd Foot participated in capture of Liège |
13th October 1812
Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada involving 1/41st Foot. |
14th October 1960
1/WELCH departed Benghazi, via Tobruk aboard HMT Dunera for Southampton. |
15th October 1955
1/SWB deployed during Malayan emergency |
16th October 1760
23rd Foot involved in the action at Kloster Kampen |
17th October 1777
British General Johnny Burgoyne surrenders at Saratoga, New York State. Soldiers of the 24th Foot become prisoners of the Convention |
18th October 1954
1/WELCH arrived at Southampton aboard HMT Asturias from Hong Kong. |
19th October 1781
23rd Foot at the capitulation at Yorktown |
20th October 2003
1/RRW deployed on Op Telic 3 in Basra, Iraq |
21st October 1934
2/RWF sailed from Gibraltar for Hong Kong |
22nd October 1854
Sergeant Ambrose Madden 41st Foot was awarded a Victoria Cross for his leadership and gallantry in capturing a party of Russians at 'Little' Inkerman |
23rd October 1916
Corporal 'Stokey' Lewis, 11th 'Cardiff Pals' Battalion Welch Regiment, was awarded a Victoria Cross in Macedonia |
24th October 1814
2/23rd Foot disbanded |
25th October 1919
1/RWF sailed from Liverpool for India on HMT Northumberland |
26th October 1973
HRH The Prince of Wales visited SWB Museum, Brecon |
27th October 1944
The Dutch City of s'Hertogenbosch liberated by 2/MON, 4/WELCH and 5/WELCH. |
28th October 1896
1/RWF arrived Aden from India |
29th October 1805
1/23rd Foot on expedition to North Germany, until February 1806 |
31st October 1914
German breakout halted at Gheluvelt near Ypres by 1/SWB and 2/WELCH – both battalions, despite severe casualties, displayed 'indomitable courage and dogged tenacity'. A Regimental Anniversary |
1st November 2001
1/RRW deployed to Pristina, Kosovo as Op Agricola VII |
4th November 1918
Lieutenant Colonel Dudley Johnson SWB was awarded a Victoria Cross at Catillon while commanding 2nd Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment |
5th November 1854
41st Foot heavily engaged at the battle of Inkerman during the Crimea campaign. Captain Hugh Rowlands saves the life of Colonel Haly of 47th Foot and is awarded a Victoria Cross |
7th November 1914
2nd Monmouths disembarked at Le Havre, France as part 4th Division. |
9th November 1952
1/WELCH embarked from Pusan for Hong Kong after completing their operational tour in Korea |
10th November 1813
Anniversary of the battle of Nivelle during the peninsular campaign in Spain involving the 1/23rd and 2/24th Foot. |
11th November 1918
End of the Great War. Books of Remembrance recall 9,971 names from the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 5,777 names from the South Wales Borderers and 7,779 names from Welch Regiment |
12th November 1989
RRW Tercentenary Service at St Nicholas Church, Pluckley, Kent |
13th November 1899
Presentation of new Colours to 2/WELSH at Ahmednugga |
14th November 1872
2/24th Foot moved to Warley, Essex from Secunderabad. Arrived January 1873 |
15th November 1935
1/RWF arrived Inkerman Barracks, Woking from Tidworth |
16th November 1973
HRH The Prince of Wales, as Colonel-in-Chief, attended RRW Officers’ Dining Club dinner at the Hyde Park Hotel |
17th November 1857
23rd Foot advanced to relief of Lucknow |
18th November 1857
Lieutenant Hackett and Boy Monger of 23rd awarded Victoria Crosses for their actions at Lucknow |
19th November 1818
23rd Foot embarked for Ireland |
20th November 1883
2/RWF moved to Ireland from Pembroke Dock |
21st November 1873
2/23rd embarked at Cork for the Ashanti Expedition, West Africa |
22nd November 1925
Memorial tablet unveiled in St Luke’s Church, Dinapore in memory of the 202 officers, NCOs, men and women and children of 1/24th who died between 1816-1818 |
23rd November 1917
40th Division attacked Bourlon Wood. The Bantam battalions 12/SWB, 17/WELCH and 18/WELCH fought with great credit |
25th November 1878
1/24th Foot disembarked at Port Natal, Durban and reached Pietermaritzburg on 28 November in preparation for the campaign against Zulus |
26th November 1899
1/WELCH disembarked in South Africa to take part in the Anglo-Boer War. |
27th November 1873
1/RRW to Palace Barracks in Northern Ireland as ‘Belfast Reserve’ battalion as part of 39 Infantry Brigade |
28th November 1834
The ‘Flash’ first sanctioned officially for 23rd Foot |
29th November 1960
Last National Servicemen joined 1/RWF |
30th November 1954
RWF Alliance with 4th Bn Royal Malay Regt approved |
1st December 1982
RHQ RWF moved from Caernarfon to Wrexham |
2nd December 1977
Her Majesty The Queen visited the 1/RWF at Tidworth |
4th December 1915
10/SWB and 11/SWB disembarked at Le Havre as part of 38th (Welsh) Division |
5th December 1958
1/WELCH moved to Wavell Barracks, Benghazi via Tobruk aboard HMT Empire Fowey from Alexander Barracks, Dhekelia, Cyprus |
6th December 1808
1/23rd sailed from Nova Scotia for Barbados |
7th December 1917
4/WELCH and 5/WELCH entered the Holy City of Jerusalem with General Allenby's force and were welcomed by enthusiastic inhabitants |
8th December 1915
53rd (Welsh) Division evacuated from the Gallipoli peninsular. |
9th December 1918
2nd Monmouths marched into Cologne, Germany |
10th December 1934
2/WELCH moved to Landi Kotal, North West Frontier |
11th December 1936
2/SWB embarked for Liverpool aboard SS California at Haifa |
12th December 1962
1/RWF moved to Singapore for Brunei crisis |
13th December 1918
2/SWB marched into Cologne, Germany |
14th December 1922
2/WELCH move to Sobraon Barracks, Colchester |
15th December 1880
HM Queen Victoria granted to the 24th Foot that a Silver Wreath be borne on the Queen's Colour pike for evermore. |
16th December 2004
Future infantry structure announced: 1/RWF and 1/RRW to become 1st and 2nd Battalions of The Royal Welsh. |
17th December 1959
1/RWF disembarked at Southampton from Cyprus. To Carter Barracks, Bulford |
21st December 1901
HRH Prince of Wales (later King George V) appointed Colonel-in-Chief, The Royal Welch Fusiliers |
22nd December 1899
2/SWB moved to Badajos Barracks, Aldershot from Dublin prior to embarking to South Africa |
23rd December 1925
1/RWF arrived Nasirabad, Rajputana from Multan |
24th December 1761
69th Foot embarked for Carlisle Bay, Barbados, West Indies |
25th December 1787
41st Foot became an infantry regiment of the line |
26th December 1810
69th Foot departed from Port Louis, Mauritius. |
27th December 1691
23rd Foot landed in England from Ireland |
29th December 1978
1/RRW to Armagh, Northern Ireland on 4-months tour |
31st December 1957
2/RWF placed in suspended animation |
