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	Royal Welch Fusiliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Soldiers of this regiment are distinguishable by the unique feature of the "flash", consisting of five overlapping fl silk ribbons (seven inches long for soldiers and nine inches long for officers) on the back of the uniform jacket at neck level [1].
		As a fusilier regiment, the RWF wears a hackle, which consists of a plume of white feathers worn on headress and mounted behind the cap-badge.
		In 2004, it was announced that, as part of the restructuring of the infantry, the Royal Welch Fusiliers would amalgamate with the Royal Regiment of Wales to form a new large regiment, The Royal Welsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Royal_Welch_Fusiliers (505 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It is the Infantry County Regiment of London, Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, Middlesex, Isle of Wight and the Channel Islands.
		The Regimental Badge is a composition of the badges of the forebear regiments.
		The garter is taken from the badge of the Royal Sussex Regiment and the Officers' badge of The Royal Hampshire Regiment.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/6804/24.html (433 words)

	Royal Regiment of Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division.
		With the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales is one of two British regiments to have a goat as its mascot.
		In 1996, the 1st Battalion, the Regiment became the first line infantry battalion to be posted as a regular public duties unit to London.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Wales (188 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) [UK]
		The Royal Regiment of Wales, by Glenvil Roberts.
		Lt-Gen. HRH Prince Charles, The Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, AK, QSO, ADC
		Hunter, David J. The regiments of Wales : the Welsh Guards, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st), the Monmouthshire Regiment.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/024RRW.htm (184 words)

	Charles.y2u.co.uk - Charles, Prince of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Prince of Wales is a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and an Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force.
		Critics of the Princess of Wales alleged that she was unstable and temperamental; one by one she sacked each of the Prince of Wales's longstanding staff members and fell out with numerous friends (her father, mother, brother, the Duchess of York, Elton John, her own staff—who quit after rows).
		The civil ceremony was attended by all the senior royals apart from the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh.
	charles.y2u.co.uk (2688 words)

	Diana Princess of Wales - resources. Exhibition showing the life and work of Diana, the Princess of Wales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Windsor), styled HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay in Scotland and HRH The Prince of Wales elsewhere (born November 14, 1948) is the son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
		The Prince of Wales, against advice, flew to Paris to accompany his ex-wife's body home and insisted that she be given a formal royal funeral; a new category of formal funeral was specially created for her.
		The Prince of Wales is an avid horseman and huntsman.
	www.dianacelebration.com /princes.htm (1254 words)

	ipedia.com: Royal Regiment of Artillery Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery, is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments.
		The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments.
		On 1 July 1899, the Royal Artillery was divided into two groups: the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery comprised one group, while the coastal defence, mountain, siege and heavy batteries were split off into another group named the Royal Garrison Artillery.
	www.ipedia.com /royal_regiment_of_artillery.html (1106 words)

	KFOR Online Homepage
		The competition was organised by WO1 (RSM) McCarthy from the 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Wales (24st / 41st Foot).
		The event was organised as part of their celebrations to mark St David's Day on 1st Mar. St David is the patron saint of Wales and the Battalion had held a number of events over the week to celebrate this important event in the Battalion's calendar.
		Wales is the only country in Europe not to have its own children's hospital.
	www.nato.int /kfor/chronicle/2002/chronicle_06/07.htm (366 words)

	Regiment
		In 1881 the infantry regiments were restructured, most of the single battalion regiments numbered above 25 were paired up to become two battalion regiments, most of the Irish regiments also had three militia regiments affiliated as the 3rd 4th and 5th battalions (the exception to this were the two rifle regiments).
		This regiment was originally raised in New York and Philadelphia (1755) as the 62nd Royal American Regiment of Foot, it was renumbered 60th in 1757 (the regiment was in the West Indies during the American war of Independence).
		In 1824 the remaining foreigners were drafted out of the regiment, one battalion was converted to rifles, the other light infantry (the uniform was changed from red to green as was the norm with rifle regiments).
	www.sci.net.au /userpages/mgrogan/cork/regiment.htm (1967 words)

	Margrethe II of Denmark Article, MargretheDenmark Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		On her eighteenth birthday, 16 April 1958, the Heiress Presumptive was given a seat inthe Council of State, and the Princess subsequently chaired themeetings of the Council in the absence of The King.
		On 10 June 1967 Her Royal Highness ThePrincess Margrethe of Denmark married a French diplomat, Henri de Laborde de Monpezat at the Naval Church.Henri received the title of "His Royal Highness Prince Henrik of Denmark" because of his new position as the spouse of theheiress apparent to the Danish Throne.
		The Queen was appointed honorary Colonel-in-Chief of the Princess Of Wales' Royal Regiment of the British Army in 1997 following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales.
	www.anoca.org /queen/danish/margrethe_ii_of_denmark.html (791 words)

	The Princess Of Wales’s Royal Regiment(Queen’s And Royal Hampshires) 1992 To Date
		The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment is today’s infantry regiment of Surrey.
		Thus, in 1992, the new Regiment was formed from the amalgamation of The Queen’s Regiment and The Royal Hampshire Regiment.
		She was succeeded by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, who had previously been The Allied Colonel-in-Chief of the new Regiment and had been the last Colonel-in-Chief of The Queen’s Regiment (the historical connection coming from The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)).
	www.queensroyalsurreys.org.uk /1661to1966/pwrr/pwrr.html (465 words)

	PWRR Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment - Customs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Regiment subsequently served as marines and adopted the Royal Navy practice of drinking the toast seated, as did the 31st Foot, later the East Surrey Regiment.
		It is held in the Warrant Officers' and Sergeants' Mess and consists of a toast 'To The Immortal Memory' proposed by the Commanding Officer and drunk by officers and sergeants intermixed.
		This is in memory of the 37th Foot (later the Royal Hampshire Regiment) who picked roses as they returned from the famous Battle of Minden in 1759 when six battalions of British Infantry advanced against and, for the first time, attacked massed squadrons of cavalry and defeated them.
	www.pwrr-army.co.uk /pwrr_customs.htm (455 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		Few regiments of the British Army have a tale to tell as varied and exciting as the Royal Regiment of Wales - from the time it served in Ireland as long ago as 1689, throughout Marlborough's campaigns, the American War of Independence, until the present day.
		The Regiment has taken part in every major campaign and war, winning high praise wherever it has gone.
		In its long record of cheerful courage, whatever the odds, the Royal Regiment of Wales and its predecessors have won 29 Victoria Crosses, Britain's highest award for gallantry, and over one hundred Battle Honours.
	www.rrw.org.uk /regiment (111 words)

	Ontario Regiment History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Regiment trained in England and, as part of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, landed in Sicily in July 1943 and in Italy in september 1943.
		In 1980, the Ontarios acquired the Cougar Armoured Combat Vehicle and was redesignated a cougar regiment while retaining their reconnaissance role, although fiscal restraint compelled it to reduce Recce Squadron to a seven-car troop attached to Regimental Headquarters.
		In 1966, the Ontario Regiment recieved the Freedom ot the City of Oshawa and the Freedom of the County of Ontario.
	webhome.idirect.com /~ianlaw/army/history.html (458 words)

	Regiment salutes old foes on field of battle
		It was an emotional journey for the officers and men of the Royal Regiment of Wales, accompanied by the Prince of Wales's divisional band, to the rolling green hills of Zululand where British imperial troops suffered their worst defeat at the hands of a native force.
		Their green tents were pitched in rows among the monuments and cairns placed in memory of fallen British soldiers on the "saddle", site of the last stand by the imperial troops and native allies, numbering about 1,800 men, who were annihilated by some 20,000 Zulu impis on Jan 22, 1879.
		Earlier in the week, the regiment visited Rorke's Drift where, only hours after the rout at Isandhlwana, a last group of about 120 British soldiers, many of them ill and wounded, held off a massive Zulu onslaught against the mission hospital for some 12 hours.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/01/23/wzulu23.html (784 words)

	The Royal Family > HRH The Prince of Wales and family > Military career (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Prince of Wales inspects the Royal Welsh Regiment at Cardiff Castle
		The Prince of Wales took up his first Service appointment in 1969 as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales.
		He currently holds the rank of Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Lieutenant-General in the Army and Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page460.asp (197 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Although only formed in 1969 as a result of an amalgamation of the Welch Regiment and the South Wales Borderers, the history of the Regiment lies deep in their combined history.
		The Regiment's finest hour was in the Zulu War of 1879 where it fought at the Battle of Isandhlwana and at the Defence of Rorke's Drift.
		Nine Victoria Crosses were won in these battles, the most ever awarded to any regiment in a single action in the entire history of the British Army.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/6804/50.html (120 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| Wales \| Name row over new Welsh regiment
		The Fusiliers are to merge with the Royal Regiment of Wales
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is the oldest regiment in Wales.
		The Royal Regiment of Wales dates from 1969 when the South Wales Borderers, which won nine VCs for its action at Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift in South Africa, and Welsh Regiment were amalgamated.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/wales/4102255.stm (571 words)

	Royal Insight > Out and About > The Duke of York in Iraq
		His Royal Highness was greeted by Colonel William Dunham and Major General Jim Dutton of the Royal Marines.
		The unit includes members of the 1st Battalion Staffordshire Regiment, of which His Royal Highness is Colonel-in-Chief, together with elements from the Kings Royal Hussars, the Coldstream Guards, the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Joint Helicopter Force.
		His Royal Highness met the Deputy Operations Commander of the Iraqi Navy and inspected some of the patrol boats that carry out essential oil platform security duties in the Northern Arabian Gulf.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page4405.asp (413 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 Militia battalions are the “Royal South Wales Borderers” and the “Royal Montgomery.” The Volunteer battalions attached are the 1
		Depicting the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales at the ceremony of the keys.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_regiment_wales.htm (2249 words)

	icWales - Infantry merger a 'sad reflection for second-class Wales' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Tory Shadow Welsh Secretary Bill Wiggin also labelled proposals to bring together the Royal Welch Fusiliers, with whom he served, and the Royal Regiment of Wales as dangerous for the defence of the country.
		Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon announced plans to bring the regiments together as the 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) and the 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales), as part of a widely-trailed re-organisation of front line units.
		The regiment is a key part of that successful formula, they managed to recognise that it mattered in Scotland but this should have applied to Wales and England.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/newspolitics/tm_objectid=14987138&method=full&siteid=50082&page=1&headline=infantry-merger-a--sad-reflection-for-second-class-wales--name_page.html (694 words)

	Wales on the Web: Military forces & warfare
		The 41st Regiment of Foot Re-enactment Unit was formed at the end of June 2002 in South Wales by a group of experienced Napoleonic re-enactors.
		The Castle & Regimental Museum, Monmouth focuses on the Royal Monmouthshire Royal Engineers, but there are also sections on the early defences of Monmouth and its castle and on Henry V who was born in the town.
		The website is a comprehensive introduction to the museum, the Welsh regiments, and has reports on the numerous conflicts that they were involved in, and information on educational facilities available.
	www.walesontheweb.org /cayw/index/en/356/all (1520 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 26 Jan 2005 (pt 2)
		The issue is, of course, whether the Royal Welch Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment of Wales and the Royal Welsh Regiment can maintain their identities by keeping their cap badges and so on.
		Gentleman knows that those regiments retain their unique identities within the new, larger Welsh regiments, and regimental traditions, cultures, local connections and so on will be maintained within the new arrangements.
		His constituents in Anglesey have made a big contribution to the Royal Welch Fusiliers, and I urge him to make representations to the executive committee of the Army Board, which was responsible for the original recommendation.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200405/cmhansrd/cm050126/debtext/50126-02.htm (1463 words)

	Royal Welch Fusiliers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a British army regiment, founded in 1689 as the 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		Soldiers of this regiment are distinguishable by the unique feature of the "flash", consisting of five overlapping fl silk ribbons (seven inches long for soldiers and nine inches long for officers) on the back of the uniform jacket at neck level http://www.rwfnet.co.uk/images/rwf_flash.jpg.
		In 1808, this practice was discontinued, but the RWF decided to retain the ribbons with which the pigtail was tied, and was granted this special concession by the King.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/R/Royal-Welch-Fusiliers.htm (432 words)

	Wales on the Web: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Collections Wales is an online directory of research collections in Wales, providing a gateway to physical and digital collections with a distinctly Welsh theme from the more traditional sphere of academic, national and public libraries and from other public and private sector agencies throughout Wales.
		This is a collection of military archives and artefacts of the 24th Regiment South Wales Borderers and the Monmouthshire Regiment, now part of the Royal Regiment of Wales.
		History: The South Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment amalgamated with the Welch Regiment in 1969 to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.
	www.walesontheweb.org /cayw/collections/en/699391 (434 words)

	Beharry, the Victoria Cross, Iraq hero
		It was instituted by Royal Warrant in 1856.
		The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment was formed in 1992 by amalgamation of The Queen's Regiment and the Royal Hampshire Regiment.
		This is an infantry regiment raised from men and women of Kent, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex, Hampshire, The Isle of Wight and The Channel Islands, all in the south of England.
	www.talkingproud.us /International032105.html (1142 words)

	Uktravel.com - Royal Families
		Charles, the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II, is the 21st holder of the title, Prince of Wales, in the last 700 years.
		He is the heir apparent to the throne of the British monarchy and as such holds the title Duke of Cornwall.
		It was in 1958 that he was created the Prince of Wales but it was not until 1969 that he took his first service appointment as Colonel-in-Chief of the Royal Regiment of Wales.
	www.uktravel.com /royal.asp?rID=4 (485 words)

	news.mod.uk - Latest News
		The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (PWRR) is the senior English infantry regiment of The Line.
		The Third Battalion is the Territorial Army battalion of the Regiment.
		The Colonel-in-Chief is Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark and the Colonel of the Regiment is Brigadier Holmes CBE TD JP, a well known academic and TV presenter.
	www.operations.mod.uk /telic/ophons05/pwrrhistory.htm (616 words)

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