The Royal Welsh
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The Royal Welsh
Cap badge of the Royal Welsh
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 - Chester 2nd Battalion - Tidworth 3rd Battalion - Cardiff
Motto	Ich Dien (I Serve) (Welsh)
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) - a light infantry battalion based since August 2008 at Dale Barracks Chester.This follows a 2 year tour in Cyprus.
• 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.

Alliances

•  Canada - Royal 22^e 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

Order of Precedence

Lineage

External links

• Royal Welsh pages on the official British Army website
• Regimental website maintained by The Royal Welsh Association
• Official website of the Regimental Band of The Royal Welsh

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