1881.07.01 The Welsh Regiment
organised as the county regiment of Carmarthenshire, Glamorganshire and Pembrokeshire, encompassing its Militia and Volunteer infantry [see below] and uniting two regular battalions:
1st Battalion, redesignation of 41st (The Welsh) Regiment of Foot
2nd Battalion, redesignation of 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot

1921.01.01 The Welch Regiment
1969.06.11 amalgamated with The South Wales Borderers, to form The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)

Battle Honours

[combined battle honours of 41st Regiment, and 69th Regiment, plus:]
Belleisle1, Martinique 17622, [12th April 1782]3, St. Vincent4, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899-1902

The Great War [34 battalions]: Mons, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914 '18, Ypres 1914 '15 '17, Langemarck 1914 '17, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Messines 1917 '18, Pilckem, Menin Road, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Bapaume 1918, Lys, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Bailleul, Kemmel, Béthune, Scherpenberg, Arras 1918, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Selle, Valenciennes, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Struma, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915-18, Suvla, Sari Bair, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1915-17, Gaza, El Mughar, Jerusalem, Jericho, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Nablus, Palestine 1917-18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Baghdad, Mesopotamia 1916-18

The Second World War: Falaise, Lower Maas, Reichswald, North-West Europe 1944-45, Benghazi, North Africa 1940-42, Sicily 1943, Coriano, Croce, Rimini Line, Ceriano Ridge, Argenta Gap, Italy 1943-45, Crete, Canea, Withdrawal to Sphakia, Middle East 1941, Kyaukmyaung Bridgehead, Maymyo, Rangoon Road, Sittang 1945, Burma 1944-45

Korea 1951-52

4th, 5th, 6th Battalions: South Africa 1900-02

1. awarded 1951 for service of 69th Regiment.
2. awarded 1909 for service of 69th Regiment.
3. a Naval Crown superscribed "12th April 1782" awarded 1909 for service of 69th Regiment at the battle of "The Saints".
4. awarded 1891 for service of 69th Regiment.

The Welch Regiment Museum, Cardiff (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)

Deployment

1881.07.01 1st Battalion, The Welsh Regiment
1881 Natal
1884 Zululand
1886 Egypt
1888 Sudan
1889 Malta
1893 Wales
1895 England: Plymouth
1899.11.26 South Africa
1902 England: Gravesend
1904 Bordon
1909 Egypt
1913 Sudan
1914 India: Chakratta
1915.01 France and Flanders 28 Div
1915.11 Macedonia
1919 Wales
1919 India: Ferozepore
1920 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment
1923 NW Frontier: Kohat
1925 Bareilly
1927 Aden
1928 England: Gosport
1931 England: Aldershot 2 Bde
1935 Northern Ireland: Belfast
1939 Palestine
1939.11 Egypt/Libya 22 Inf Bde
1941.02 Crete Creforce (14 Inf Bde)
1941.07 ME Corps Troops
1943.07 Sicily
1943 Italy
1944.09 Italy 1 Armd Div
1944.10 Italy [cadre]
1945.03 Italy 1 Gds Bde
1945 Austria
1947 UK depot
1948.06.14 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title
1951.11 Korea 29 Inf Bde Gp
1952.11.09 at sea (embarked at Pusan)
1952.11 Hong Kong
1956.06 Germany: Lüneburg
1957 Germany: Lüneburg 10 Bde
1957.10 Cyprus
1960 Cyprus & Libya
1961 Berlin
1963 England: Warminster
1966.06 Hong Kong
1968.07 England: Gravesend
1969.06.11 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The South Wales Borderers, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Regiment of Wales

1881.07.01 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment
1881 England: Sheffield
1883 Ireland: Mullingar
1888 Cork
1891 England: Devonport
1892.09.04 at sea
1892 India: Secunderabad
1897 Bellary
1899 Ahmednagar
1901 Subathu
1904 Quetta
1906 South Africa
1910 England: Pembroke Dock
1912 Bordon 3 Bde
1914.08 France and Flanders 1 Div
1919 England: Pembroke Dock
1920.01 Ireland: Dublin
1921.01.01 2nd Battalion, The Welch Regiment
1922.12 England: Colchester
1925 England: Tidworth
1927 Shanghai
1928 Singapore
1931.03 India: Rawalpindi
1933 Landi Kotal
1935 NW Frontier
1936.03 Agra
1937 Delhi
1939 Bombay
1942.08 Burma 19 Ind Div
1945 Burma
1947 UK
1948.06.14 amalgamated with