South Wales Borderers

24th Regiment of Foot 24th (The 2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot South Wales Borderers
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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 came into existence in England in 1689, as Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot, and afterwards had a variety of names and headquarters. In 1782, it became the 24th Regiment of Foot, and had its depot in Warwickshire.

Based at Brecon from 1873, the regiment recruited from the border counties of Brecknockshire, Monmouthshire, and Herefordshire. It was not called the South Wales Borderers until the Childers Reforms of 1881. The regiment served in a great many conflicts, including the American War of Independence, 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.