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From: (Bill MacCormick)
Subject: Re: [WW1] 1st Battalion, Welsh Regiment
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 12:48 +0100 (BST)
In-Reply-To: <026f01c31654$3f8831a0$e0fe193e@snct93000308>


In article <026f01c31654$3f8831a0$>,
(bubbles) wrote:

> The Royal Welsh (Welch) Regiment is certainly something special. If my
> memory serves me right weren't they the brave guys from the Zulu wars?
> Bubbles from Robin Hood Country.
> http://www.smartgroups.com/groups/hms.sharpshooter

This was the 2/24th Warwickshire Regt that went on to become the South
Wales Borderers in 1881 and is now part of the Royal Regiment of Wales
(merged with the Welch Regiment in 1969).

Bill MacCormick


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