British Army Units 1945 on

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 1st Royal Tank Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Germany: Gluckstadt
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1945.07Belgium: Moll
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1945.07
Germany: Schleswig Holstein
Aug 45 - Mar 46: Berlin
22 Armoured Division
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1946.07

Germany: Hobart Barracks, Detmold
Jan 47: Hobart Barracks, Detmold
Nov 50: Hobart Barracks, Detmold
22 Armoured Division
7 Armoured Brigade
33 Armoured Brigade
first regiment equipped with Mk3 Centurion
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1952.09
England: Tidworth
27 Oct 52: at sea (embarked 'Empire Halladale' at Liverpool)
to prepare for Korea
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1952.12.06
Korea:
15 Dec 53: Embarked for the Canal Zone
1 Commonwealth Division
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1954.01Egypt: Shandur & Geneifa, Canal Zone25 Armoured Brigade
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1955.08

England: Tidworth (1 Sqn in Egypt till Mar 56)
Aug 56: England: Tidworth
Nov 56 - Dec 56: Malta [diverted from Suez]
TA assistance role
34 Armoured Brigade
34 Armoured Brigade
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1957.06

Hong Kong: Sek Kong Camp, New Territories

Mar 60: Sailed for UK
48 Gurkha Infantry Brigade

last regular regiment equipped with Comet
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1960.06Germany: Swinton Barracks, Munster5 Infantry Brigade Group  Centurion
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1961.09

Germany: Caen Barracks, Hohne
Jan 62: Caen Barracks, Hohne
Feb 64: Caen Barracks, Hohne
5 Infantry Brigade Group 
11 Infantry Brigade Group
7 Armoured Brigade Group
Centurion

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1965.12

 

Aden: Falaise Lines (HQ, A Sqn & C Sqn) (A & C Sqns rotating on LSTs in Persian Gulf): B Sqn Hong Kong: Sek Kong Camp, New Territories
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1967.02England: Cambrai Barracks, Catterick [A Sqn - Berlin] RAC training regiment
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1969.01

Germany: Imphal Barracks, Osnabrück
Sep 70: Imphal Barracks, Osnabrück
Jan 72 - May 72: 2 Sqns in Ulster in infantry role
12 Infantry Brigade
12 Mechanised Brigade
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1973.05Northern Ireland: Lisanelly Barracks, Omagh
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1974.11England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth: (B Sqn in Cyprus and ? Sqn in Hong Kong) 5 Infantry BrigadeRecce Role
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1976.05



Germany: Harewood Barracks, Herford
Apr 77 - Aug 77: Northern Ireland: Londonderry [B, C, HQ Sqns]
Jan 78: Harewood Barracks, Herford
Jan 81: Harewood Barracks, Herford
1982: Northern Ireland
1 Br Corps

2 Armoured Division
22 Armoured Brigade
Recce Role

Recce Role

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1983.01

England: Bovington [A Sqn]
England: Lulworth [B Sqn]
Cyprus: Episkopi; C Sqn (Independent Squadron, Sovereign Base Area)
RAC Centre Regiment
Gunnery school
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1984.10
Germany: Tofrek Barracks, Hildesheim
1985: Northern Ireland (1 Sqn) six months
22 Armoured Brigade
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1993.09


England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth
Jan 93: amalgamated at Tidworth with 4th Royal Tank Regiment without change of title, and squadrons redesignated as A, D, G, H (HQ), commemorating original Heavy Branch MGC Coys, and successor to 1st RTR, 4th RTR , 7th RTR and 8th RTR
1 Mechanised Brigade


Last Chieftain regt


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1996.08
Germany: Barker Barracks, Paderborn
Dec 97 - June 98: Cyprus
20 Armoured Brigade
UN Tour
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1999.04
England: Warminster (A Sqn) RAF Honnington (RHQ and 1 Sqn): G Sqn disbanded; D Sqn and H Sqn amalgamated as G Squadron, Joint Nuclear Biological and Chemical RegimentCombined Arms Training Centre
  

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