British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.01Italy11 Brigade, 78 Division 
1945.05Austria: Notsch area of Carinthia11 Brigade, 78 Division
Sep 45: Kuhnsdorff a prohibited area between the River Drau and the Yugoslav Border.
 Dec 45: Vienna  
1946.01Greece: Kingston Camp, Veroia near Salonika28 Brigade, 4 Division
Mar 47: Salonika, split between 3 camps
Oct 47: Sobraon Barracks, Salonika
 12 Jul 48: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title  
1949.11British Somaliland: Mogadischu  
1950.04England: Barnard Castle2 Infantry Brigade 
1951.04England: Shorncliffe2 Infantry Brigade 
1951.10Libya: Prinn, Azzizia and Gialo Bks, Tripoli19 Brigade
 Oct 52: East and West Bks, Derna  
1953.01Egypt: L Camp, Tel-el-Kebir 19 Brigade
 5 Oct 54: Bn embarked in HMT ‘Empire Ken’ arrived at Southampton on 12 Oct 54  
1954.10England: Shorncliffe  
1955.07Germany: Charles Barracks, Brunswick91 Brigade
 Apr 56: Charles Barracks, Brunswick12 Brigade Group 
1958.01England: Blenheim Barracks, Bury St Edmunds19 Brigade
Jul 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
 
2nd Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.08UK 184 Infantry Brigade 
1945.12Palestine  
1947.04Egypt:
12 Jul 48: Disbanded (technically "amalgamated" with 1st Battalion)
  
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