Comrade's RWF Blaenau

The Merger Of The RWF and RRW

The Royal Welsh formed on 1 March 2006 from the three Welsh Infantry battalions of the Prince of Wales's Division; The Royal Welch Fusiliers, The Royal Regiment Wales and The Royal Welsh Regiment(TA). Wales's first large regiment draws on men from the whole of Wales for recruitment providing a unique opportunity for Welshmen to serve in a variety of infantry roles with other Welshmen.

1 R WELSH - 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) - is a light battalion currently serving in Cyprus,with companies rotating between duties guarding key points between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot zones, training and providing security for the Falkland Islands and as hot weather reserve forces for Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2008 the battalion will move to Chester to establish its home base.

2 R WELSH - 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Regiment of Wales) - is an armoured infantry battalion equipped with the famous WARRIOR AFV and based at Tidworth on Salisbury Plain.

2 R WELSH occupy one of the Army's most modern Barracks.

3 R WELSH - 3rd Battalion The Royal Welsh - is the new Regiment's Territorial Army (TA) battalion . Its Headquarters is at Maindy Barracks Cardiff and has company locations at Swansea, Pontypridd, Aberystwyth, Wrexham and Colwyn Bay. Many soldiers from these companies have served in support of the two regular battalions on operations world wide.

Over 600 years of Welsh military tradition has come to an end on St David's Day with the merger of two famous Welsh regiments.The names Royal Welch Fusiliersand The Royal Regiment of Waleswere consigned to history with the birth of the new regiment,The Royal Welsh .