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A figure by Robert Harrop Designs from their “Doggie People” series. It is a Welsh terrier dressed in 24th Foot uniform and carrying a Martini-Henry rifle relevant to the Battle of Rorke’s Drift during the Zulu War. Dressing a Welsh terrier as a participant of this battle perpetuates the myth fostered by the film ‘Zulu’ that the 24th of Foot was a Welsh regiment; they were actually the Warwickshire Regiment with, at the time of the Zulu War, relatively few Welshmen serving with them. They only became the South Wales Borderers ten years later, recognising the length of time that the depot had been located in Brecon.
This was given to me by a fusilier sergeant who was leaving my flight in the Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (JACIG) to transfer to another arm. He had announced a presentation to the flight, but suddenly gave it to me at the last minute, why, I couldn’t say.