British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.04India Training bn
1945.08India
 1946: India: Deolali29 British Infantry Bde Group 
1947England:
 1947: reduced to nil strength in UK  
1948.09.22Re-formed by redesignation 2nd Battalion (technically "amalgamated")  
1948.09West Indies: Up Park Camp, Kingston and Newcastle, Jamaica with a coy detachment in Belize 
 21 Nov 49: Sailed from Jamaica on the Empress of Australia  
1950.01England: Roman Way Camp, Colchester   
1950.11Korea:29 Infantry Brigade Group
 Nov 51: at sea   
1951.12England: Warminster Demonstration Bn
1953.12England: Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle  
1955.03Kenya: Gilgil   
1956.04Aden: Singapore Lines  
1956.08Persian Gulf with coys at Sharjah, Dubai and Bahrain  
1957.01Cyprus: Kermia Camp, near Nicosia   
1958.01EnglandOn leave 
1958.03Germany: Wuppertal  
1958.04Germany: Quebec Barracks, Osnabrück12 Infantry Brigade Group 
1960.01England: Connaught Barracks, Dover   
1961.08England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd  
1962.03Cyprus: Polemidhia Camp, Limassol
 Feb 63: Cyprus: Salamanca Barracks, Episkopi  
1964.03England: Saighton Camp, Chester 
Jul 65 - Apr 66: Swaziland: St. Georges Barracks, Matsapa
Jul 65 - Dec 65: Mauritius (B Company)
 Dec 1965 - 1966: Aden (B Company)  
1967.10Berlin: Brooke Barracks Berlin Brigade 
1969.10England: Heathfield Camp, Honiton24 Brigade
Dec 69 - Apr 70: Northern Ireland: Londonderry
 Jun 70: Northern Ireland: 'A' Company  
1971.01Germany: St George’s Barracks, Minden11 Armoured Brigade 
Dec 71 - Apr 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street), patrolled the Lower Falls
Apr 73 - Aug 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street), patrolled the Lower Falls
 Aug 74 - Dec 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Falls/Divis/Sandy Row)   
1975.05England: Weeton Camp, Preston24 Brigade
 Apr 75 - Oct 75: Belize?  
1977.10Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly Resident Bn
1979.03Germany: Waterloo Barracks, Munster 4 Armoured Div 
1981.06England: Tidworth 8 Field Force
Jan 82: England: Tidworth1 Infantry Brigade
 May 82 - Oct 82: CyprusUN tour 
1986.02Berlin: Wavell Barracks Berlin Brigade 
1988.03Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly (Resident Bn)8 Infantry Brigade 
1990.02England: Alma Barracks, Catterick24 Airmobile Brigade
1990 - 1991: Belize
Dec 91 - Jan 92: Northern Ireland: Op ‘Trip 2’
Mar 93: England: Catterick19 Mechanised Brigade
Mar 93 - Sep 93: Northern Ireland: Aldergrove Roulement Bn
27 Apr 94: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), to form 1st Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
  
2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945Germany49 Infantry Div 
1946England  
1946
West Indies: Up Park Camp, Kingston and Newcastle, Jamaica with coy detachment on Bermuda
Feb 1948: Company moved to British Honduras. Detachment on Bermuda withdrawn
22 Sep 48: redesignated as 1st Battalion (technically "amalgamated")

 

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