Ronald Welch (1909 - 1982) was the pseudonym of British writer Ronald Oliver Felton TD. He took the name from his wartime regiment. He was for many years Headmaster of Okehampton Grammar School in Devon.
Welch was teaching at Bedford Modern School when the Second World War broke out and was a Lieutenant in its Officers' Training Corps contingent. In 1940 he was commissioned Lieutenant in the Welch Regiment. He reached the rank of Major and remained in the Territorial Army after the war.