British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.09Burma/India 36 Infantry Division 
1945.12Malaya: Kluang  
1946.07Singapore: Selerang Barracks 
Jan 47 - May 47:  Hong Kong: Stanley Barracks
 May 47 - Dec 47:  Hong Kong: New Territories  
1948.08Malaya: Kluang
Jan 49 - Jan 50:  Malaya: Temerloh area of Pahang
 Jan 50:  Malaya: Bentong area of SW Pahang  
1951.02England: Meanee Barracks, Colchester19 Brigade
 Oct 51 - Oct 52: Libya: Tripoli then to Derna  
1953.04Kenya39 Infantry Brigade 
1955.02England: Seaton Barracks, Plymouth  
1955.06Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle7 Brigade
17 May 58: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Dorset Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
 
2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.11NW Europe 7 Armoured Division 
1945.07Berlin  
1946.03Germany: Wolfenbuttel
1946:  Germany: Uelzen
 Jun 46:  Germany: Bristol Barracks, Luneburg  
1947England: Topsham Barracks, Exeter?
10 Jun 48:  Disbanded at Topsham Barracks, Exeter

 

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