Swansea Rifles

3rd (Swansea Rifles) Glamorganshire RVC
6th (Glamorgan) Battalion, Welch Regiment
67th (Welch) Searchlight Regiment, RA
602 (Welch) HAA Regiment, RA
Active12 October 1859–1 January 1954
Country United Kingdom
Branch Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
RoleInfantry
Searchlights
Anti-aircraft artillery
Size1–3 Battalions
Part of28th Division
1st Division
Anti-Aircraft Command
Garrison/HQSwansea
Cardiff (from 1938)
Nickname(s)'Dilwyn's'[1]
'The Prince of Wales's Own'[1]
Motto(s)Better death than shame[2]
Engagements

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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