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1st Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry  
 

DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.07UK 55 Infantry Division 
1946.03Palestine: Haifa1 Division 
1947.03Cyprus  
1948British Somaliland: Hargeisa  
1949British Somaliland: Mogadishu  
1950England: Bordon. On duties at the Light Infantry Training Centre
 9 Jun 50:  Amalgamated at Bordon with 2nd Battalion without change of title  
1951England: Kiwi Barracks, Bulford  
1951.12Germany: Clifton Barracks, Minden61 Brigade  
1953.12England: Plymouth  
1954.03
West Indies: Jamaica, Bermuda, British Honduras
last unit to serve in Bermuda
 Mar 56 - Early 57: D Coy Atkinson Field, British Guiana   
1957.07Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück21 Brigade 
Dec 57: Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück12 Infantry Brigade Group
6 Oct 59:  Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), to form 1st Bn, The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry

 

2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 

 

DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.12.16Greece 10 Infantry Brigade 
1945Greece & Macedonia  
1946Greece:
Jun 48: Reduced to nil strength
9 Jun 50: Amalgamated at Bordon with 1st Battalion

 

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