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In the First World War, the 24th raised eighteen
Battalions, gained six Victoria Crosses and was awarded seventy-four
Battle Honours. Of these, none was better earned than Gheluvelt
on 31st October 1914, where the 1st Battalion, alongside the
2nd Battalion The Welch Regiment, withstood the German onslaught
and enabled The Worcestershire Regiment to launch its famous
counter-attack, thus halting the whole German offensive towards
the coast.
Also in 1914, but on the other side of the
world in North China, the 2nd Battalion took part in the capture
of the German Treaty Port of Tsingtao alongside the Japanese,
thereby gaining a Battle Honour unique in the British Army.
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