1st Battalion Welch Regiment

Hi all,

I am looking for information on the operations of the 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment in Libya during Rommel's offensive in January 1942. I believe they were part of the 5th Indian Brigade but were attached to 7th INdian Brigade for the defence of Benghazi.

After the battle, they were withdrawn to Egypt and replaced by 1/4th Essex Regiment. It seems they have suffered heavy losses during this period.

Thanks!

 

A have the regimental history and will try and post some pages tomorrow.

 

Here are the pages for 1st Welch Regiment's operations in Libya in January 1942:

 

Here are the remaining pages:

 

Wonderful!
Thank you.

 

Thank you very much Dryan67!

 

I'll be at the Archive soon... I'll have a look there for anything that may help you mate. Really can't promise anything...