24th Regiment of Foot

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British Army regiment infantry regiment

The 24th Regiment of Foot was a British Army infantry regiment, later known as the South Wales Borderers, famed for its heroic defense during the Anglo-Zulu War.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
allegiance British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto South Wales Borderers NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedUnderReforms Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamationYear 1881 ⓘ
associatedLocation Brecon, Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedMuseum Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour Alma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inkerman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Isandlwana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sevastopol NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Africa 1877–79 ⓘ
Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
decorationsAwarded Victoria Crosses for actions at Rorke's Drift ⓘ
facingsColour green facings ⓘ
formedFrom Sir Edward Dering's Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Brecon NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
laterKnownAs South Wales Borderers NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterRecruitingArea South Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryUnitType line infantry ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Isandlwana NERFINISHED ⓘ
Battle of Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor defence of Rorke's Drift NERFINISHED ⓘ
heavy losses at Isandlwana ⓘ
primaryRecruitingArea Warwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedDuringConflict Nine Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
raisedInYear 1689 ⓘ
regimentalDepot Brecon NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalNumber 24 ⓘ
role line infantry ⓘ
successorUnit The Royal Welsh NERFINISHED ⓘ
uniformColour red coat ⓘ
warParticipatedIn American War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Anglo-Zulu War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Crimean War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Napoleonic Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seven Years' War NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of the Austrian Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ
War of the Spanish Succession NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Rorke's Drift → combatant → 24th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
Battle of Rorke's Drift → combatant → 24th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot
Private Frederick Hitch → militaryUnit → 24th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Hitch
Private Frederick Hitch → militaryUnit → 24th Regiment of Foot ⓘ
subject surface form: Frederick Hitch
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot