Operational Tours

With bayonets fixed the men of 7 Platoon, 2 Coy, 1st Battalion Welsh Guards (7 Plt, 2 Coy 1WG) prepare to storm a series of compounds around Checkpoint Yellow 7 on the Shamalan Canal during Op Panther's Claw.

The Welsh Guards have been on operations all around the world with tours to Afghanistan and Iraq being the most recent.

The wide range of activities undertaken by the Welsh Guards reflects the busy and varied nature of the modern-day British Army.

A Guardsman who has served with the Battalion over the last ten years will have been on operational tours to Northern Ireland, Iraq (under 4 Armoured Brigade), Bosnia (under Eufor, European Forces), Kosovo and Afghanistan, interspersed with fire fighting, sport, adventurous training and State Ceremonial and Public Duties demonstrating the busy nature of this period.

The most recent tour of duty was during 2009 as part of 19 Light Brigade, based in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan.

The Battalion is currently training for a further tour of Helmand Province with 12 Mechanised Brigade deploying in 2012 for six-months.