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created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
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2nd Battalion,
The Monmouthshire Regiment
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1860-1999
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United
Kingdom 
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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1859.12.31 |
2nd Monmouthshire
(1st Pontypool) Rifle Volunteer Corps
raised at Pontypool |
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1861.05 |
absorbed
11th Monmouthshire RVC (at Pontypool?), which had been raised
21 Nov. 1860 |
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18uu |
2nd Monmouthshire
Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion
of The South Wales Borderers |
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1885.07.01 |
2nd Volunteer
Battalion, The South Wales Borderers |
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<1900> |
augmented
to ten coys |
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1900-1902 |
volunteers
found Volunteer Service Company
for service with ? Bn in South
Africa |
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1908.04.01 |
2nd Battalion,
The Monmouthshire Regiment
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Pontypool, part
of the corps of The South Wales Borderers |
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- A Company at
Pontypool (det at Goytrey)
- B Company at Pontypool
- C Company at Pontypool (det at Garndiffaith)
- D Company at Abercarn
- E Company at Blaenavon, moved from
3rd Bn
- F Company at Llanhilleth
- G Company at Coleford (det at Usk),
moved from 3rd Bn
- H Company
at Crumlin
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1915.03 |
1/2nd Battalion,
The Monmouthshire Regiment
redesignated on formation of 2/2nd Battalion |
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1920.02.07 |
2nd
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Pontypool |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1939.06.01 |
cadre
separated to form duplicate 4th Battalion |
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1947.04.01 |
reconstituted
in T.A. with HQ at Pontypool, and concurrently amalgamated with duplicate
4th Battalion, now the sole infantry battalion for Monmouthshire
and Brecknockshire |
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- A Company at Cwmbran
- B Company at Blaenavon
- C Company at Crumlin
- D Company at Monmouth
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1967.04.01 |
disbanded
and concurrently reconstituted as two units: |
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1969.01.01 |
TAVR
III element reduced to cadre as The Monmouthshire Battalion,
The South Wales Borderers
at Newport, sponsored by Welsh
Volunteers |
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1969.06.11 |
transferred
to the corps of The Royal Regiment
of Wales |
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<1971.03.01> |
cadre
redesignated 3rd (Monmouthshire) Battalion, The
Royal Regiment of Wales |
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1971.04.01 |
companies
reorganised with no further explicit Monmouthshire designation: |
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(cadre
also formed detachment 211
(South Wales) Lt AD Battery RA (V)) |
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1993.10.10 |
B (Rorke's Drift) Company, 2nd
(Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot)
formed at Cefn Fforest with Pln at Pontypool,
amalgamation of A Coy and B Coy 3rd
Battalion
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1999.07.01 |
battalion
amalgamated with 3rd
(V) Bn, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, to form The
Royal Welsh Regiment with
no remaining presence in Monmouthshire |
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| History
(Links) & War Service |
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History: |
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The
Monmouthshire Regiment, by Chris Baker (The British Army in
the Great War). |
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The
Monmouthshire Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath
1914-1918) |
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World
War 1 - 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions Monmouthshire Regiment TF
(RRW Museum Fact Sheet) |
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World
War 2 - 2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment TA (RRW Museum Fact
Sheet) |
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Deployment and War Service of Units: |
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1/2nd
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1914-1919] |
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2/2nd
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1914-1918] |
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2nd
(Reserve) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1915-1916] |
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4th
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1917-1919] |
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2nd
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1939-1946] |
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4th
Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment [1939-1942] |
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Biography
and Gallantry Awards: |
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Victoria
Crosses, by Mike Chapman (VC Reference). |
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Associations,
Forums and Re-Enactors: |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Museums,
Monuments, Memorials and Chapels: |
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South
Wales Borderers and Monmouthshire Regiment Museum, Brecon (Army
Museums Ogilby Trust) |
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South
Wales Borderers and Monmouthsire Regiment Museum, Brecon (Simonides
site) |
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South Africa
1900-02
The Great War [see 1st Bn for
honours won by 11 battalions]
The Second World War:1
Odon,
Bourguébus Ridge,
Mont Pincon, Souleuvre, Le Perier Ridge, Falaise, Antwerp,
Nederrijn, Lower Maas, Venlo Pocket, Ourthe, Rhineland,
Reichswald, Weeze, Hochwald, Rhine, Ibbenburen, Aller, North-West
Europe 1944-45
1. awarded for services of 2nd and 3rd
Bns and their duplicates.
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Record of Colours: |
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Badges: |
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Uniform: |
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Col. Alfred John Chaston, OBE, MC, TD, DL |
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1967.04.01 |
Col. Alfred John Chaston, OBE, MC, TD, ADC,
DL [reappointed; to 31 Mar. 1971] |
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Anniversaries: |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Special Topics: |
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Hunter, David J. The regiments of
Wales : the Welsh Guards, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, the Royal Regiment
of Wales (24th/41st), the Monmouthshire Regiment. Tollerton
: D.J. Hunter, 2000. (Famous regiments on cigarette & trade cards)
ISBN: 0953373886 |
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