Swansea Rifles
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.
Q7980559
Welch Regiment
ORG
Q7941026
Volunteer
ORG
Q222595
British Army
ORG
Q152989
Western Front
LOC
Q361
First World War
EVE
Q362
Second World War
EVE
Q1286223
South Wales
LOC
Q2609672
Territorial Army
MEDIA
Q85804428
Swansea Rifles
UNK
1859-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1859
DATE
1954-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1954
DATE
1954-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1954
DATE
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6
NUMBER
military branch