'Military Types No. 60 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers (23rd Foot)'.'

Chromolithograph by George Berridge and Company, Dean and Son Limited and J J Keliher and Company, after Richard Simkin, published in the 'Supplement to The Army and Navy Gazette', 3 December 1892.

The Royal Welsh Fusiliers' relationship with goats dates back to an incident at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, during the American War of Independence. A wild goat is reputed to have strayed on to the battlefield and led the Royal Welsh Fusiliers' colour party from the field. A goat has served with the Regiment and its successor units ever since.

In 1884 Queen Victoria presented the Regiment with a Kashmir goat from her royal herd. Subsequently, the Royal Welsh have obtained all their regimental goats as a gift from the monarch. This means that they are deemed ranking members of the Regiment rather than mascots.