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Officers and mascot of the Welsh Regiment, 1890
  • Taffy III, the regimental goat mascot of The Royal Regiment of Wales died on 7 June 1993. The Royal Regiment of Wales is one of two British regiments to have the distinction of a goat as its mascot. The first goat was adopted at the time of the Crimean war (1854-6). Although known as 'Taffy' the goat is recorded on the battalion ration roll as 'Gwilym Jenkins'. The soldier who looks after the goat is known as the Goat Major.
Goat Mascot of the Royal Regiment of Wales
  • Every Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers has its Regimental Goat. The goat is always a billy goat and is not a mascot but a member of the Regiment. The goat is looked after by an uncommissioned soldier called the 'Goat Major'. The origin of the Regimental Goat, which marches at the head of each Battalion, is not known but it is believed that a goat served with the Regiment in Boston in 1775 during the American Civil War. Queen Victoria presented the Regiment with a Kashmir goat from the royal herd in 1844 and successive sovereigns have replaced them ever since.
Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Goat
  • David Lloyd George inspecting the goats of the 1st, 4th, 6th and 7th Battalions of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, accompanied by the Lord Lieutenant and Major General J. R. M. Marshall-Ford, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the Regiment, Caernarfon Castle, August 1939. Celebration parades were held at Caernarfon and Wrexham.
David Lloyd George at the 250th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, Caernarfon, August 1939
Members of the Royal Welch Fusiliers in France, 1940
1st Battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers at the Freedom of the Borough of Wrexham March, 1952