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41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot

The 41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1719. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot to form the Welch Regiment in 1881.

41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot

1719–1881

 Kingdom of Great Britain (1719–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)

 British Army

Line Infantry

Light Infantry

One battalion (2 battalions in 1813)

Maindy Barracks in Cardiff

The Invalids[1]

War of 1812
First Anglo-Burmese War
First Anglo-Afghan War
Crimean War

War of 1812: , Queenstown, Miami, Niagara

Detroit

First Anglo-Burmese War: Ava

First Anglo-Afghan War: Kandahar (1842), Ghazni (1842)

Crimean War: , Inkerman, siege of Sevastopol

Alma

The regiment's battle honours were as follows:[2]

Sergeant-Major , Crimean War (26 October 1854)

Ambrose Madden

Captain , Crimean War (5 November 1854)

Hugh Rowlands

Two Victoria Crosses were awarded to men of the regiment

1719–1743: Lt-Gen.

Edmund Fielding

1743–1752: Col. Tomkyn Wardour

Lomax, David Alexander Napier (1899). . Hiorns & Miller.

A history of the services of the 41st (the Welch) regiment (now 1st battalion the Welch regiment) from its formation in 1719 to 1895

. regiments.org. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008.regiments.org

"41st (Welsh) Regiment of Foot"

., focused on the regiment's service in Canada

"The 41st Regiment of Foot: Military Living History Group"