1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
Dates | Locations | Units | Remarks |
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| 1945.01 | Italy | 11 Brigade, 78 Division | |
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1945.05 | Austria: Notsch area of Carinthia
Sept 45: Kuhnsdorff a prohibited area between the River Drau and the Yugoslav Border.
Dec 45: Vienna | 11 Brigade, 78 Division
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1946.01 | Greece: Kingston Camp, Veroia near Salonika
Mar 47: Salonika, split between 3 camps
Oct 47: Sobraon Barracks, Salonika
12 July 48: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title | 28 Brigade, 4 Division
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| 1949.11 | British Somaliland: Mogadischu | | |
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| 1950.04 | England: Barnard Castle | 2 Infantry Brigade | |
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| 1951.04 | England: Shorncliffe | 2 Infantry Brigade | |
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| 1951.10 | Libya | 19 Brigade | |
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| 1953.01 | Egypt: Tel-el-Kebir (TEK) | 19 Brigade | |
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| 1954.10 | England: Shorncliffe | | |
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1955.07 | Germany: Charles Barracks, Brunswick
Apr 56: Charles Barracks, Brunswick | 91 Brigade
12 Brigade Group | |
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1958.01 | England: Blenheim Barracks, Bury St Edmunds
July 58 - Oct 58: Cyprus: Kermia just outside Nicosia
Oct 58 - Dec 58: Libya: Wavell Barracks, Benghazi
14 Oct 59: amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment | 19 Brigade
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2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
Dates | Locations | Units | Remarks |
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1944.08 | UK | 184 Infantry Brigade | |
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| 1945.12 | Palestine | | |
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1947.04
| Egypt:
12 July 48: Disbanded (technically "amalgamated" with 1st Battalion) | | |