Editing Royal Welch Fusiliers (section)

===Post Second World War===
The 2nd Battalion Royal Welch remained overseas after the Second World War, with a posting to Burma (still a colony until 4 January 1948) and performed internal security duties. On 7 March 1947 a party aboard a train were ambushed by bandits and seven soldiers were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2084605/william-gordon-burgoyne/#&gid=2&pid=1|title=Commonwealth War Graves Commission}}</ref><ref>Epilogue in Burma, 1945-48", McEnery J.H. Published 1990</ref>

The regiment did not take part in the [[Gulf War]], but did perform several tours in [[Northern Ireland]] ([[Operation Banner]]) before being deployed to the Balkans.<ref name=nam>{{cite web|url=http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/royal-welch-fusiliers|title=Royal Welch Fusiliers|publisher=National Army Museum|access-date=24 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225230345/http://www.nam.ac.uk/research/famous-units/royal-welch-fusiliers|archive-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>

During the [[Yugoslav Wars]], the regiment came to attention when 33 of their men and 350 other [[United Nations|UN]] servicemen part of [[UNPROFOR]] were taken hostage by Bosnian Serbs at [[Goražde]] on 28 May 1995.<ref>{{cite hansard | house=House of Commons |title=Sittings of the House| url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199495/cmhansrd/1995-05-31/Debate-1.html | date = 31 May 1995 | column_start = 999 | column_end = 1009}}</ref><ref name="nyt">{{cite news|title=Conflict in the Balkans: The Peacekeepers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/05/30/world/conflict-in-the-balkans-the-peacekeepers-at-risk-british-troops-keep-watch.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 May 1995}}</ref> The situation caused some political debate as the UN troops had been given orders only to "deter attacks" and did not have a mandate or adequate equipment to fully defend the mainly Muslim town of Goražde, which was initially declared "safe" by the UN, thus rendering them exposed when armed members of the [[Army of Republika Srpska]] ([[Bosnian Serb]] Army) ignored the [[NATO]] ultimatum and attacked the town without warning. The regiment managed to hold off the Bosnian Serbs until they were forced to retreat into [[bunker]]s – those who did not make it quickly enough were taken hostage – and remained trapped underground while [[Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina|BiH Army]] reinforcements arrived and fought back. The [[commanding officer]], Lt Col [[Jonathon Riley (British Army officer)|Jonathon Riley]] (later promoted to Lieutenant General), broke with protocol and directly reported to then Prime Minister [[John Major]] about the situation over the phone while in the bunker.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Commander in Bosnia mission impossible|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2534831.stm|publisher=BBC|date=5 December 2002}}</ref> All the men were eventually safely rescued. An unprecedented five gallantry awards, seven [[Mention in Despatches|mentions in despatches]] and two [[Queen's Commendation for Valuable Service|Queen's Commendations for Valuable Service]] were awarded to the regiment.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bosnia's troops' tally of medal set a record|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/bosnia-troops-tally-of-medals-sets-a-record-1346463.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=10 May 1996}}</ref> Although the incident was largely unreported at that time, the regiment was credited in hindsight by observers for saving the town from a possible genocide—after failing to take Goražde, the Bosnian Serbs continued north to [[Srebrenica]], where they would [[Srebrenica massacre|massacre]] over 8,000 [[Bosniak]]s.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Fusiliers' battle to save Bosnians|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/2535155.stm|publisher=BBC|date=5 December 2002}}</ref>