South Wales Borderers
The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1689. Based at Brecon the regiment recruited from the border counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Second Boer War, and World War I and World War II. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.
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South Wales Borderers
The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1689. Based at Brecon the regiment recruited from the border counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Second Boer War, and World War I and World War II. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.
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24 Pułk Piechoty – 24th Regime ...... ony pułku walczyły z Zulusami.
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24-й пехотный полк (англ. 24th ...... вном из жителей Южного Уэльса.
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Les South Wales Borderers est ...... ortail de l’histoire militaire
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The South Wales Borderers was ...... m the Royal Regiment of Wales.
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Cap badge of the South Wales Borderers showing the Sphinx
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24 Pułk Piechoty – 24th Regime ...... ony pułku walczyły z Zulusami.
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24-й пехотный полк (англ. 24th ...... вном из жителей Южного Уэльса.
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Les South Wales Borderers est ...... ortail de l’histoire militaire
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The South Wales Borderers was ...... m the Royal Regiment of Wales.
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24 Pułk Piechoty (brytyjski)
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24-й пехотный полк (Великобритания)
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South Wales Borderers
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South Wales Borderers
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24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot
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24th Regiment of Foot
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South Wales Borderers
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Howard's Greens
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