Today in history.

[IronMike]

March 1st, St. David's Day, has some meaning to the US Marine Corps.​

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During the Boxer Rebellion in China in 1900, the US Marines and the Royal Welch Fusiliers served together in a number of actions. The traditional toast of the RWF, "...and St. David!" (The full toast is "Toby Purcell, his spurs and St. David!") was used as a password between the Marines and the Fusiliers.​

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Since then, on St. David's Day and the Marine Corps birthday, the Commandant of the USMC and Colonel of the RWF have exchanged the greeting "...and St. David!" in honour of their join service. Marine Corps band leader John Phillip Sousa also wrote a march entitled "The Royal Welch Fusiliers".​

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http://marinecorpsbrotherhood.usmchq.com/custom2.html​

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Sadly, as of today, the RWF is no more. They are being amalgamated with the Royal Welch Regiment to form the new "Royal Welsh":​

 

[theBaron]

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...Sadly, as of today, the RWF is no more. They are being amalgamated with the Royal Welch Regiment to form the new "Royal Welsh":

Is it still the custom that a division within the amalgamated regiment, a battalion, say, or a company, preserves any particular custom or traditions of one of the ancestor units?

Prost!
Brad

 

[Viking Bob]

Is it still the custom that a division within the amalgamated regiment, a battalion, say, or a company, preserves any particular custom or traditions of one of the ancestor units?

Prost!
Brad

Yes it is My old Regiment, 1st Bn Royal Anglian

• A (Royal Norfolk) Company (after the Royal Norfolk Regiment)
• B (Suffolk) Company (after the Suffolk Regiment)
• C (Essex) Company (after the Essex Regiment)
• D (Cambridgeshire) Company (after the Cambridgeshire Regiment)

2nd Battalion 'The Poachers'

• A (Royal Lincolnshire) Company
• B (Royal Leicestershire) Company
• C (Northamptonshire) Company
• D (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company
• 3rd Battalion 'The Steelbacks'
• • A (Norfolk) Company
  • B (Lincolnshire) Company
  • C (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Company
  • E (Essex & Hertfordshire) Company
  • HQ (Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) Company
  The Royal Anglian's can trace there history back to 1685.

I believe other's have the same in honour of their former Regiment's

 

[valiant]

Apologies for hijacking this, but these are very much subject related, http://www.planetfigure.com/threads/a-pair-of-boxer-marines-steve-leadley.82403/#post-854700

Very interesting article