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| country = United Kingdom
 
| country = United Kingdom
 
| service = British Army
 
| service = British Army
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| branch = unknown
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| branch = Territorial Force
 
| type = Infantry
 
| type = Infantry
 
| specific_type = Infantry battalion
 
| specific_type = Infantry battalion
 
| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
 
| size_at_full_strength = 1,000
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| unit_name1 = 6th Battalion Welsh Regiment
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| unit_name1 = 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment
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| unit_name1_start_date = unknown
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| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
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| unit_name1_end_date = unknown
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| unit_name1_end_date = 1915
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| start_date = unknown
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = renumbering of territorial battalions
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| unit_name2 = 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment<ref name="james-82">{{RefJames|82}}</ref>
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| unit_name2_start_date = 1915
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| unit_name2_end_date = 15/5/1916<ref name="james-82">{{RefJames|82}}</ref>
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| unit_name2_reason_for_change = converted to pioneer battalion
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| unit_name3 = 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Pioneers)
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| unit_name3_start_date = 15/5/1916<ref name="james-82">{{RefJames|82}}</ref>
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| unit_name3_end_date = unknown
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| start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| end_date = unknown
 
| end_date = unknown
 
| alternate_unit_names =  
 
| alternate_unit_names =  
 
}}
 
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| command_start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| command_end_date = unknown
 
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| parent = Welsh Regiment, UK
 
| parent = Welsh Regiment, UK
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*{{WarDiaryTNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351921|WO 95/1282/1|01/11/1915|31/05/1916}}
 
*{{WarDiaryTNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351921|WO 95/1282/1|01/11/1915|31/05/1916}}
 
*{{WarDiaryTNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351884|WO 95/1256/3|01/06/1916|31/08/1919}}
 
*{{WarDiaryTNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C7351884|WO 95/1256/3|01/06/1916|31/08/1919}}
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Transcript of WO 95/1256/3 by Your Archives user Caromj:
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* [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=WW1_War_Dairy_6_%28Pioneer%29_Battalion_Welsh_Regiment_-_1916_June_-_1916_Aug. June to August 1916]
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* [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=WW1_War_Dairy_6_%28Pioneer%29_Battalion_Welsh_Regiment_-_1916_Sept._-_1916_Dec. September to December 1916]
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* [http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://yourarchives.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php?title=WW1_War_Dairy_6_%28Pioneer%29_Battalion_Welsh_Regiment_-_1917_Jan._-_1918_Mar. January 1917 to March 1918]
  
 
=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Welsh Regiment 006 01}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Welsh Regiment 006 01}}
 
[[Category:British infantry battalions]]
 
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[[Category:All British Army units]]
 
[[Category:All British Army units]]
 
[[Category:British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence|041 006 01]]
 
[[Category:British Army infantry battalions by regimental precedence|041 006 01]]
 
[[Category:Units needing personal narratives]]
 
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[[Category:Units with transcribed war diaries]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 10:52, 27 May 2015

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1/6th Battalion, Welsh Regiment, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Infantry
Specific type: Infantry battalion
Full size: 1,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: 1915
Reason for change: renumbering of territorial battalions
Sources for name1:
Name2: 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment[1]
Name2 Start: 1915
Name2 End: 15/5/1916[1]
Reason for change: converted to pioneer battalion
Sources for name2:
Name3: 1/6th (Glamorgan) Battalion Welsh Regiment (Pioneers)
Name3 Start: 15/5/1916[1]
Name3 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name3:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Administrative
Parent unit: Welsh Regiment, UK
Parent level:
Start date: 1/4/1908
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 84th Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/07/1915
End date: 31/10/1915
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: 3rd Infantry Brigade, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 31/05/1916
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Parent unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 1st Division, UK
Parent level: Brigade
Start date: 01/06/1916
End date: 31/08/1919
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/07/1915
Date left: 31/08/1919
Sources:


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Transcript of WO 95/1256/3 by Your Archives user Caromj:

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Template:RefJames
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