South Wales Borderers

24th Regiment of Foot 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot South Wales Borderers
Cap badge of the South Wales Borderers showing the Sphinx
Active	1689–1969
Country	Kingdom of England (1689–1707)  Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800)  United Kingdom (1801–1969)
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line infantry
Garrison/HQ	The Barracks, Brecon
Nickname(s)	Howard's Greens
March	Men of Harlech
Anniversaries	Rorke's Drift (22 January)
Commanders
Ceremonial chief	King Edward VIII

The South Wales Borderers was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence for 280 years. It first came into existence, as the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1689. Based at Brecon the regiment recruited from the border counties of Monmouthshire, Herefordshire and Brecknockshire, but was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American Revolutionary War, various conflicts in India, the Zulu War, Second Boer War, and World War I and World War II. In 1969 the regiment was amalgamated with the Welch Regiment to form the Royal Regiment of Wales.

The regiment was formed by Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot in 1689, becoming known, like other regiments, by the names of its subsequent colonels. The regiment served under the Duke of Schomberg during the Williamite War in Ireland and then saw action again at the Battle of Schellenberg in July 1704 and at the Battle of Blenheim in August 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession.

The regiment was part of the amphibious expedition to the Caribbean and participated in the disastrous British defeat at the Battle of Cartagena de Indias in March 1741 during the War of Jenkins' Ear. The regiment was ranked as 24th in the infantry order of precedence in 1747 and became the 24th Regiment of Foot in 1751. It took part in the Siege of Fort St Philip in Minorca in April 1756 during the Seven Years' War. It was also part of the amphibious expedition against, or descent on, the coast of France and participated in the disastrous British defeat at the Battle of Saint Cast in September 1758.