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	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		The Sphinx was later used as the centrepiece of the capbadge and the collar badges of the South Wales Borderers.
		The 43rd Regiment of Foot was allocated to the County of Monmouth.
		The Monmouthshire Regiment was the territorial element of the South Wales Borderers.
	www.rrw.org.uk /museums/brecon/faq.htm (871 words)

	Battle of Warburg - Seven Years War
		The uniform was white for the majority of French regiments, blue for the Prussians and German armies that followed the Prussian tradition, like Hesse-Darmstadt, and red for the British and Hanoverians.
		The British regiments’ ferocious charge on the French cavalry caught them in the process of retiring, inflicted considerable loss and drove them across the river with the rest of du Muy’s force.
		All the mounted regiments have Warburg as a battle honour.
	www.britishbattles.com /seven-years/warburg.htm (1372 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (1-A)
		The 100th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales Royal Canadians) was a British infantry regiment raised in 1857 by Canadian gentlemen to serve in India.
		By 1873 the Regiment was recruiting heavily in Wales and had its Depot at Brecon and, in 1881, the 24th became the South Wales Borderers.
		The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F1.HTM (8589 words)

	Zulu War - Rorkes Drift
		They are armed with the Martini Henry rifle first issued to British Infantry in 1874.On the 22nd of January 1879 an overwhelming force of Zulus destroyed 6 companies of the 24th Regiment and 600 other colonial troops at the Battle of Isandlwana.
		The hospital contained 60 casualties, hospital staff and 81 troops from B Company II/24th (later the South Wales Borderers), commanded by Lieutenants Chard RE and Bromhead of the 24th.
		This diorama depicts the events of the battle with Lieutenant Bromhead of the 24th in command, olour Sergeant Bourne and three Privates, all of B Company II/24th.
	www.americansatco.com /Templates/frmTemplateS.asp?CatalogID=688&Zoom=Yes&SubFolderId=74 (433 words)

	HywelJones
		In March 1877, aged 20, he joined the 2nd Battalion 24th Regiment, that time based at Dover and shortly to move to Chatham.
		The tiny garrison consisted of B Company 2nd 24th commanded by Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead, with some details of the 1st 24th and the Commissariat, and 100 men of the Natal Native Contingent who departed when the enemy appeared, leaving a total garrison of 140 of whom 36 were patients in the hospital.
		There is in South Africa this very day a large party of all ranks of the Royal Regiment Of Wales who, together with a considerable representation of the Zulu nation led by Chief Buthelezi and King Zwelethini, are commemorating the brave men who fought on both sides at Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift.
	freespace.virgin.net /sean.farrell/HywelJones.htm (1021 words)

	24th Regiment of Foot - The Rich History
		The Grenadier Companies, including those of the 24th, put a wide flanking movement which resulted in a 4 hour struggle of fire and movement, while the battalion companies were heavily engaged in the centre and on other flanks.
		The 24th losses were relatively light for the actions they were in, 1 officer, 7 soldiers killed and 124 wounded.
		He wrote later that he looked on his army as "to be hazarded and devoted", and that "the loss of his retreat to Canada" would be a less misfortune "than to let Gates join Washington".
	www.24thfoot.org /24th_regiment_of_foot_history.htm (2844 words)

	Pluckley - Village Origins
		Later the main livelihood of the area, especially from the 13th century onwards, was weaving.
		A century later blood was again spilt, this time in the church, during the Wyatt rebellions.
		Now part of the Royal Regiment of Wales, its roots were acknowledged at a 300th anniversary ceremony in the village in 1989.
	www.pluckley.net /history/origins.htm (1526 words)

	South African War: Sir Frederick Carrington.
		This is the man to whom has been entrusted the duty of guarding the Rhodesian borders with a force of Colonials and Imperial Yeomanry in the present crisis in South Africa.
		In May, 1894, he was promoted a Major-General, and a year later was appointed to the command of the Infantry Brigade at Gibraltar.
		The native difficulty in Rhodesia called him back to South Africa in April, 1896, when he was entrusted with the direction of military operations, with what success has been shown conclusively during the last nine months.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /saw-carrington.htm (822 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/John Williams (VC)
		(later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 22/23 January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Private Williams and two other men held a distant room of the hospital for more than an hour until they had no ammunition left, when the Zulus burst in and killed one of the men and two patients.
		Later achieved the rank of Sergeant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, South Wales Borderers.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/John_Williams_%28VC%29 (409 words)

	The Welch Regiment
		or generations the young men of South Wales, from the valleys and the coastal towns and cities, flocked to the colours of the Welch Regiment.
		Ninety-six years later it was recovered from a chateau in France and returned to the regiment.
		Two of the regiment's six V.C.'s were won in this campaign and both are on display in the Museum.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /jj.griffiths/1024/wc/cardiff/CCWR.html (870 words)

	South Wales Borderers - Wild Bill Guarnere.Community
		Wales was only sparsely populated until the expansion of the coal, iron and steel industries in the late 19th century.
		It was intended that regiments should cultivate a recruiting connection with the Counties whose names they took, and the Twenty-Fourth, who were given the title "2nd Warwickshire", were ordered to send a recruiting party to Tamworth after their return from the American War of Independence.
		The Regiment was honoured to carry the title "24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot" until 1st July 1881 when again measures were taken to give County names to infantry regiments of the line.
	forums.wildbillguarnere.com /index.php?showtopic=3069 (1852 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		Exactly a year later, the South Wales Borderers were tasked with attacking the heavily fortified Iron Cross ridge near Pilckem during the third battle of Ypres (known as Passchendaele).
		Community and Regiment remembers Chapman VC The outstanding courage of a local soldier, Ted Chapman VC, was remembered on the 60th anniversary of his actions by the unveiling of stone tablet dedicated to his memory.
		The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) will now form part of a new two battalion regiment to be called the Royal Welsh (some press reports have incorrectly quoted the new name as being The Royal Welsh Regiment).
	www.rrw.org.uk /news (3816 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Mid Wales \| Zulu battle guide visits barracks
		It holds relics from Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, where the 24th Regiment - later the South Wales Borderers - and Zulu warriors fought in 1879.
		The defence of the border post in South Africa took place on 22 January 1879, when just 140 men, many from the 24th Regiment of Foot, held off an army of about 3,000 Zulu warriors.
		In his first trip outside South Africa, Mr Ndima, 32, will also visit the Regimental Chapel at Brecon Cathedral, and he will be officially welcomed at a civic reception and met by mayor Rose Evans.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/wales/mid/6987033.stm (398 words)

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		Later, when trying to reach the Residency with the casualties, he was besieged and forced to remain in the Mote Mehal all night.
		On 22nd and 23rd January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, in a ward, of the hospital.
		The seventh, Sergeant Robert Maxfield of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment, was delirious and although they managed to get him dressed, they could not induce him to move and when they returned to carry him away he was being stabbed to death, by Zulus in his bed.
	www.eviltaxman.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /vcjinfo.htm (4600 words)

	Find A Grave - Natal
		Born in Middleburg, Cape Province, South Africa, he was serving as a Corporal with Rimington's Guides of the South African Forces when he performed the deed for which he was awarded the VC.
		From his citation: âOn 24th February, 1901 near Strijdenburg, South Africa, Corporal Clements was dangerously wounded in the lungs and called upon to surrender, but instead he threw himself into the midst of a party of Boers, shooting three of them with his...
		Born in County Roscommon, Ireland, he was one of a group of five members of the 24th Regiment (now the South Wales Borderers) who were involved in a rescue at sea.
	www.findagrave.com /php/famous.php?page=city&FScityid=405097 (624 words)

	The Battle of Ticonderoga 1777
		Over the winter Lord Germaine, the Secretary of State for the Northern Department, the minister with the direction of the American War, persuaded King George II to appoint General Burgoyne commander of the expedition planned to attack the American colonies by way of the Lake Champlain route during 1777.
		The secrecy of the move was destroyed by a French officer, Colonel Roche de Fermoy, who set fire to his house on the summit of the hill lighting up the bay beneath, with its flotilla of boats carrying the American troops across the water.
		There is no doubt that Burgoyne’s further march south overstrained the British supply system and contributed directly to his surrender at Saratoga.
	www.britishbattles.com /battle-ticonderoga-1777.htm (1548 words)

	The regimental colours of the South Wales Borderers in Brecon Cathedral :: Gathering the Jewels (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The regimental colours of the South Wales Borderers in Brecon Cathedral
		The 24th Regiment - South Wales Borderers - established their Regimental Depot in Brecon in 1873 and the Havard Chapel in Brecon Cathedral was dedicated as the Regimental Chapel in 1922.
		In 1934, the famous Colours carried by the Regiment during the 1879 Zulu War were deposited in the Chapel.
	www.gtj.org.uk /en/item1/19670 (192 words)

	Investiture, Hyde Park 1857
		It was to be presented as the highest award a country could give for conspicuous gallantry and acts of courage to Officers and Men, of Her Majesty's Forces alike, with no distinction.
		Later Warrants extended the honour to be awarded to Civilians and Colonial Troops acting in the service of the Sovereign.
		The first presentation of the Victoria Cross was made at an Investiture held on Hyde Park on Friday the 26th of June 1857.
	www.victoriacross.co.uk /investiture.html (220 words)

	POWD Exercise Dead Moon
		It was their forebears, the 24th Regiment (later the South Wales Borderers) who on the 22 and 23 January 1879, fought two of the British Army’s most remarkable battles.
		The subsequent defence of the mission station at Rorke’s Drift (dramatised in the film “Zulu”) by 110 outnumbered British troops, most of them from the 24th Regiment, was a side-show that led to the awarding of 11 Victoria Crosses, the most ever for a single engagement.
		The aim of Exercise Dead Moon was to commemorate the 120th Anniversaries of the battles and to honour the fallen of both sides.
	www.army.mod.uk /bands/pow_band/article_page/exercise_dead_moon.htm (533 words)

	Zulu (film) Information
		The 24th Regiment of Foot is described as a Welsh regiment: in fact, although based in Brecon, its designation was the 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot; it did not become the South Wales Borderers until 1881.
		Private Henry Hook VC is depicted as a rogue; in fact he was a model soldier who later became a sergeant (and a 'teetotaller').
		In the later battle scenes, the rifles buck less because the powder charge is less.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Zulu_(film) (1795 words)

	JAMES COOPER VC
		At 11:00 on Sunday, 30th November 2003, a memorial plaque was unveiled at Warstone Lane Cemetery, Hockley, Birmingham, commemorating Private James Cooper VC, 2nd Bn, 24th Regiment (later the South Wales Borderers).
		James Cooper died in 1889 and was buried, along with 34 other bodies, in Common Ground in Warstone Lane Cemetery, Hockley.
		It is reported that seventeen officers and men were thus saved from what must otherwise have been a fearful risk, if not certainty, of death.
	www.victoriacross.org.uk /bbcoopej.htm (418 words)

	South Wales Borderers
		The South Wales Borderers military print is part of the Harry Payne British Regiments of the Victorian era, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the military print company.
		The South Wales Borderers were raised in 1689 as Dering's Regiment becoming the 24th of Foot in 1751.
		The Militia battalions are the “Royal South Wales Borderers” and the “Royal Montgomery.” The Volunteer battalions attached are the 1
	www.military-art.com /un006.htm (1151 words)

	Alfred Henry Hook at AllExperts
		Alfred Henry Hook was 28 years old, and a Private in the 2nd Bn., 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 22/23 January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, a distant room of the hospital had been held for more than an hour by three privates, and when finally they had no ammunition left the Zulus burst in, and killed one of the men and two patients.
		His Victoria Cross is displayed at the South Wales Borderers Museum (Brecon, Powys, Wales).
	en.allexperts.com /e/a/al/alfred_henry_hook.htm (430 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/William Wilson Allen
		He was about 35 years old, and a corporal in the 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot (later The South Wales Borderers), British Army during the Zulu War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
		On 22 January and 23 January 1879 at Rorke's Drift, Natal, South Africa, Corporal Allan and another man (Frederick Hitch) kept communication with the hospital open, despite being severely wounded.
		Their determined conduct enabled the patients to be withdrawn from the hospital, and when incapacitated by their wounds from fighting, they continued, as soon as their wounds were dressed, to serve out ammunition to their comrades during the night.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/William_Wilson_Allen (239 words)

	R.Regiment of Wales
		The Royal Regiment of Wales was formed by the amalgamation of the South Wales Borderers (24th of Foot) and the Welch Regiment (41st of Foot) in 1969.
		The South Wales Borderers were raised in 1689 as Dering's Regiment becoming the 24th of Foot in 1751.
		Manned by 140 troops of the 24th Regiment, led by Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, the camp was attacke by a well-trained and well-equipped Zulu army of 4000 men, heartened by the great Zulu victory over the British forces at Isandhlwana earlier on the same day.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_regiment_wales.htm (2828 words)

	VC from Rorke's Drift shows its true metal
		Rorke's Drift, a mission station near Isandhlwana converted into a temporary hospital, was garrisoned by 131 men, mainly from the 2nd/24th Foot, later the South Wales Borderers.
		The regiment was awarded the unique honour of a wreath of immortelles to wear on its colour.
		The last of the seven VCs awarded to soldiers of the South Wales Borderers still in private hands, that of Pte Robert Jones, was sold on Monday for £88,000.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1996/06/13/nvc13.html (607 words)

	Southern Medals First World War Single Silver War Badges & British War & Victory Medal Pairs 9
		With photocopy of the SWB Roll entry, which shows that he enlisted on the 27th November 1915 and was discharged due sickness on the 1st July 1919.
		With photocopy of the SWB Roll entry: Mark Bennett enlisted on the 6th January 1915 and was discharged (due sickness) on the 19th June 1916, without having served overseas.
		With photocopy of the "Claim to Silver War Badge" form: Harold South enlisted on the 4th December 1915 and was discharged on the 17th December 1918 as 'no longer fit for military service'.
	www.southernmedals.co.uk /sm9.htm (2166 words)

	B+R Liberal Democrats : Press Releases
		Kirsty Williams has welcomed the restoration of a living memorial in Brecon to the bravery of all the soldiers of 24th Regiment of Foot who took part in the 1879 Zulu Campaign.
		The regiment famously defended Rorke's Drift against the massed ranks of the Zulus.
		During the 1890's 24 lime trees were planted along the Watton in Brecon in memory of the heroic spirit of the 24th Foot who later became the South Wales Borderers and then united with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.
	www.cix.co.uk /~brecrad/html/press_rel/101/jan9.htm (284 words)

	South African War: Sir Frederick Carrington.
		This is the man to whom has been entrusted the duty of guarding the Rhodesian borders with a force of Colonials and Imperial Yeomanry in the present crisis in South Africa.
		In the troubles in Zululand in 1888 Colonel Carrington, as he had become, was at the head of the Native Levies, who, it was said at the time, would have followed him "even to destruction, without a murmur," such was their belief in him.
		The native difficulty in Rhodesia called him back to South Africa in April, 1896, when he was entrusted with the direction of military operations, with what success has been shown conclusively during the last nine months.
	pinetreeweb.com /saw-carrington.htm (822 words)

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