Royal Welsh
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| The Royal Welsh | |
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 Cap badge of the Royal Welsh |
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| Active | 1 March 2006- |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Type | Line Infantry |
| Role | 1st Battalion - Light Role 2nd Battalion - Armoured Infantry 3rd Battalion - TA Reserve |
| Size | Three battalions |
| Part of | Prince of Wales' Division |
| Garrison/HQ | RHQ - Cardiff 1st Battalion - Episkopi, Cyprus 2nd Battalion - Tidworth 3rd Battalion - Cardiff |
| Motto | Ich Dien (I Serve) (German) |
| March | Quick - Men of Harlech Slow - Forth to the Battle |
| Mascot | Persian Goat (Shenkin) |
| Anniversaries | St David's Day - 1 March |
| Commanders | |
| Colonel in Chief | HM The Queen |
| Colonel of the Regiment |
Brigadier Roderick John Murray Porter MBE |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
| Hackle | White (ORs only) From Royal Welch Fusiliers |
| Abbreviation | R WELSH |
The Royal Welsh (R WELSH) (Welsh Y Cymry Brenhinol) was formed on St David's Day, 1 March 2006. It is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army, and the regiment's formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry. It consists of two regular battalions, plus a TA battalion, and was created through the merger of two single battalion regiments. The former regiments formed part of the battalion title (in brackets):
- 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Welch Fusiliers) (ex 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers) - resident light infantry battalion in Cyprus (moving to Chester in 2008).
- 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales) (ex 1st Battalion, the Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)) - an armoured infantry battalion based at Tidworth.
- 3rd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (TA) (ex Royal Welsh Regiment) - TA Battalion which incorporates the Regimental Band.
The Regiment's cap badge is a representation of the Prince of Wales's feathers (formerly the cap badge of the Royal Regiment of Wales), while the hackle of the Royal Welch Fusiliers is worn by all NCOs and Other Ranks. HM The Queen is the new regiment's Colonel-in-Chief.
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[edit] Alliances
Canada - Royal 22e Régiment- Canada - The Ontario Regiment (RCAC)
Australia - The Royal New South Wales Regiment
South Africa - 121 South African Infantry Battalion- South Africa - The Pretoria Regiment
Pakistan - 4th Battalion, The Baloch Regiment- Pakistan - 3rd Battalion, The Frontier Force Regiment
Malaysia - 4th Battalion, The Royal Malay Regiment
[edit] Order of Precedence
| Preceded by: Mercian Regiment |
Infantry Order of Precedence | Succeeded by: Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) |
[edit] Lineage
| Lineage | |||
| The Royal Welsh | The Royal Welch Fusiliers | ||
| The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) | The South Wales Borderers | ||
| The Welch Regiment | The 41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot | ||
| 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot | |||
