1st Battalion, The Welsh Guards is the youngest of the five regiments of Foot Guards, formed in 1915 by order of King George V.Based at Combermere Barracks in Windsor, the battalion serves as a premier Light Mechanised Infantry unit, using Foxhound and Jackal vehicles to conduct high-mobility reconnaissance and ground combat. As the "Fifth Regiment of Foot Guards," its soldiers are visually distinguished on ceremonial duties by wearing a white-green-white plume on the left side of their bearskins and having their tunic buttons arranged in groups of five. The regiment maintains a fierce loyalty to its Welsh heritage, recruiting almost exclusively from the Principality. While they are a familiar sight at Buckingham Palace, the Welsh Guards have a somber and proud combat history, most notably remembered for the tragic bombing of the RFA Sir Galahad during the Falklands War, an event that deeply forged the modern regiment's resilience and brotherhood.
