1st Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
| Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1944.07 | UK | 55 Infantry Division | |
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| 1946.03 | Palestine: Haifa | 1 Division | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1947.03 | Cyprus | | |
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| 1948 | British Somaliland: Hargeisa | | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1949 | British Somaliland: Mogadishu | | |
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1950
| England: Bordon. On duties at the Light Infantry Training Centre
9 June 50: Amalgamated at Bordon with 2nd Battalion without change of title | | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1951 | England: Kiwi Barracks, Bulford | | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1951.12 | Germany: Clifton Barracks, Minden | 61 Brigade | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1953.12 | England: Plymouth | | |
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| 1954.03 | Jamaica, Bermuda, British Honduras
| | last unit to serve in Bermuda |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
1957.07
| Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück
Dec 57: Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück
6 Oct 59: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), to form 1st Bn, The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry | 21 Brigade
12 Infantry Brigade Group
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2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1944.12.16 | Greece | 10 Infantry Brigade | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
| 1945 | Greece & Macedonia | | |
| """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" |
1946
| Greece:
June 48: Reduced to nil strength
9 June 50: Amalgamated at Bordon with 1st Battalion | | |
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