3rd (Swansea Rifles) Glamorganshire RVC 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment 67th (Welch) Searchlight Regiment, RA 602 (Welch) HAA Regiment, RA
Active
12 October 1859–1 January 1954
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
Role
Infantry Searchlights Anti-aircraft artillery
Size
1–3 Battalions
Part of
28th Division 1st Division Anti-Aircraft Command
Garrison/HQ
Swansea Cardiff (from 1938)
Nickname(s)
'Dilwyn's'[1] 'The Prince of Wales's Own'[1]
Motto(s)
Better death than shame[2]
Engagements
First World War:
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Passchendaele
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
Second World War:
Battle of Britain
Cardiff Blitz
Military unit
The Swansea Rifles, later the 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion of the Welch Regiment, was a Volunteer unit of the British Army from 1859 to 1954. It fought on the Western Front in the First World War. As a searchlight unit in the Second World War it defended South Wales against air raids. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army (TA) as a heavy anti-aircraft artillery regiment until amalgamated with other Welsh units in 1954.
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Global Information
United Kingdom
Volunteer Force/Territorial Army