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1st Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.04NW Europe 159 Infantry Brigade 
1945Germany
1946: Germany53 Infantry Division
Feb 47: Germany2 Infantry Division
 Feb 47: Reduced to nil strength, placed in suspended animation  
1948.07.29Reconstituted by renumbering 2nd Battalion (technically "amalgamated")  
1948UK depot bn  
1951.04Cyprus  
1951.10Egypt: Canal Zone2 Infantry Brigade  
1954.07England: Colchester  
1955.05Berlin: Brooke BarracksBerlin Independent Brigade 
1957.01England  
1957.09Malaya:
 c1959 - Mid 1960: Singapore: Selerang Barracks   
Mid 1960England: Carlisle   
1960Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar  
1962.11Germany: Buller Barracks, Munster6 Infantry Brigade Group
 Oct 64 - Apr 65: Cyprus: Polemedhia CampUNFICYP 
1966.06England: WarminsterInfantry Demo Bn 
1968England: Weeton
1968: Gulf: Bahrain
 Mar 70 - Aug 70:  Northern Ireland: Londonderry  
1970.12Berlin: Wavell Barracks Berlin Brigade  
1972.12England: Weeton24 Brigade
Feb 73 - Jun 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Suffolk)39 Brigade
 Mar 74 - July 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ballymurphy/Springfield/Whiterock)39 Brigade 
1975.05Germany: St Georges Barracks, Minden11 Armoured Brigade
Mar 76 - Jul 76: Northern Ireland: Creggan Bn, Londonderry 8 Brigade
 Jan 77: St Georges Barracks, Minden4 Armoured Division 
1977.12Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden4 Armoured Division
 Mar 78 - Jul 78:  Northern Ireland: Londonderry (West of Foyle)8 Brigade 
1979.03England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth8 Field Force 
 1980: Belize   
1982.03Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly8 Infantry Brigade Resident Battalion
1984.01Hong Kong: Stanley Fort  
1986.02England: Caterham London District
 1986 - 1987: Belize  
1988.11England: Dale Barracks, Chester 42 Brigade
1988 - 1989:  Falkland Islands, coy strength
May 90 - Oct 90:  Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Bn
 Mar 91 - Apr 91:  Northern Ireland: Emergency Tour  
1991.11Germany: St Barbara’s Barracks, Fallingbostel7 Armoured Brigade
 Oct 92 - May 93: Bosnia  
1993.06England: Oakington 54 Brigade  
1996.07Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly8 Infantry Brigade Resident Battalion
1998.10England: Beachley Barracks, Chepstow 160 Brigade 
 3 Jun 99 - 2 Dec 99: Northern Ireland: Rural Roulement Battalion   
2000.04Cyprus: Alexander Barracks, DhekeliaBritish Forces Cyprus 
2002.05England: Kiwi Barracks, Bulford 1 Mechanised Brigade 
Jun 06 - Dec 06:  Northern Ireland:
 Apr 04 - Oct 04: Iraq (Op Telic 4)1 Mechanised Brigade(RifV Coy att)
2005.08Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar
1 Sep 07: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire)
 
2nd Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945UK 50 Infantry Div 
1945.08Norway  
1945UK   
1946Egypt  
1946Palestine1 Division 
1948UK 
29 July 48: Renumbered as 1st Battalion (technically "amalgamated")

 

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