1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1958.11.07 | Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry | | |
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| 1958.11 | England: Tidworth | | |
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| 1959 | England: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster | | |
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1961 | Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang
Dec 62 - 63: Sarawak, Borneo:
Aug 63 - Dec 63: Seria, Borneo
June 64 - Oct 64: Western Sarawak, Borneo | North Malaya Sub District
99 Gurkha Brigade
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1965.08 | Berlin: Montgomery Barracks
1 Jan 66: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) | Berlin Infantry Brigade Group
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2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1958.11.07 | Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps | | |
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| 1958.11 | Libya: Gialo Barracks, Tripoli | | |
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| 1958 | England: Piddlehinton, Dorset | | |
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| 1959.01 | Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar | | |
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| 1960.12 | Berlin: Wavell Barracks | Berlin Infantry Brigade Group | |
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1962.07 | England: Roman Barracks, Colchester
July 63 - Jan 64: British Guiana | 19 Brigade
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1965.01 | Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang
May 65 - Oct 65: Sarawak, Borneo
1 Jan 66: Renamed 2nd Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) | | |
3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade)
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation | Remarks |
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| 1958.11.07 | Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) | | |
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| 1958.11 | England: Tidworth | | |
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| 1959.01 | Germany: Harding Barracks, Wuppertal | 12 Infantry Brigade Group | |
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| 1961.08 | ?? | | |
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| 1963 | Cyprus | | |
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| 1964 | England: Normandy Barracks, Felixstowe | | |
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| 1965.02 | Hong Kong: | | 4 month aclimatisation |
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| 1965.06 | Malaya: Jungle Warfare School, Johore | | 2 month training |
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1965.08 | Borneo: Sarawak
1 Jan 66: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) | 99 (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade
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