Firing Line: Cardiff Castle Museum of the Welsh Soldier, is a museum opened in 2010 comprising collections formerly exhibited at Cardiff Castle in the Queen's Dragoon Guards Museum and the Welch Regiment Museum. The museum is dedicated to the history of the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh, and is located within the Interpretation Centre at Cardiff Castle in Cardiff city centre, Wales.
Firing Line tells the story of the Welsh soldier through the history of two of Wales' oldest and most distinguished regiments, 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh. Soldiers from these two regiments - one cavalry, the other infantry - have taken part in virtually all of Britain's major conflicts over the past 300 years, and their story provides a detailed backdrop to Britain's military history since the 17th century. Campaigns include the Battle of Ramillies in 1706, the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 as well as both World Wars. Permanent and temporary displays illustrate the reality of service today in some of the most dangerous places in the world.
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