British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1958.11.07Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry  
1958.11England: Tidworth   
1959England: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster  
1961Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang North Malaya Sub District
Dec 62 - 63: Borneo: Sarawak
Aug - Dec 63: Seria99 Gurkha Brigade
 Jun - Oct 64: Borneo: Western Sarawak  
1965.08Berlin: Montgomery Barracks Berlin Infantry Brigade Group
1 Jan 66: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd)
 
2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1958.11.07 Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps  
1958.11Libya: Gialo Barracks, Tripoli  
1958England: Piddlehinton, Dorset  
1959.01Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar   
1960.12Berlin: Wavell Barracks Berlin Infantry Brigade Group 
1962.07England: Roman Barracks, Colchester19 Brigade
 Jul 63 - Jan 64: British Guiana  
1965.01Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang
May - Oct 65: Sarawak, Borneo
1 Jan 66: Renamed 2nd Bn, The Royal Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)
 
3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade)
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1958.11.07Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)  
1958.11England: Tidworth  
1959.01Germany: Harding Barracks, Wuppertal 12 Infantry Brigade Group 
1961.08England ??  
1963Cyprus   
1964England: Normandy Barracks, Felixstowe  
1965.02Hong Kong: 4 month aclimatisation
1965.06Malaya: Jungle Warfare School, Johore  2 month training
1965.08Borneo: Sarawak99 (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade
1 Jan 66: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade)

 

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