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  • Royal Welsh
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  • The Royal Welsh (R WELSH) (Welsh Y Cymry Brenhinol) is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. Its formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry and it was actually formed on St David's Day, 1 March 2006. The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales), is to be scrapped as part of the Army 2020 defence review. A more recent news report stated that "it will in fact be the 1st Battalion which will disappear, being dissolved into the 2nd Battalion with the latter then being renamed as the 1st.". After the restructuring and reorganisation of the army in 2006, the Royal Welsh is one of three regiments to trace its lineage and draw its recruits primarily from Wales.
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Garrison
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • RHQ – Cardiff
Branch
ceremonial chief label
  • Colonel in Chief
command structure
identification symbol 3 label
  • Abbreviation
Role
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
identification symbol
  • 75
  • White
  • (From Royal Welch Fusiliers)
  • R WELSH
ceremonial chief
  • HM The Queen
Country
  • United Kingdom
Type
  • Line Infantry
identification symbol label
  • Tactical Recognition Flash
Caption
  • Cap badge of the Royal Welsh
Dates
  • --03-01
colonel of the regiment
  • Major General Roderick John Murray Porter MBE
Unit Name
  • The Royal Welsh
Title
Before
After
Anniversaries
  • --03-01
March
  • Quick – Men of Harlech
  • Slow – Forth to the Battle
Motto
  • "I Serve"
  • "Ich Dien"
identification symbol 2 label
  • Hackle
Mascot
Size
  • Three battalions
abstract
  • The Royal Welsh (R WELSH) (Welsh Y Cymry Brenhinol) is one of the new large infantry regiments of the British Army. Its formation was announced on 16 December 2004 by Geoff Hoon and General Sir Mike Jackson as part of the restructuring of the infantry and it was actually formed on St David's Day, 1 March 2006. The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh (Royal Regiment of Wales), is to be scrapped as part of the Army 2020 defence review. A more recent news report stated that "it will in fact be the 1st Battalion which will disappear, being dissolved into the 2nd Battalion with the latter then being renamed as the 1st.". After the restructuring and reorganisation of the army in 2006, the Royal Welsh is one of three regiments to trace its lineage and draw its recruits primarily from Wales.