British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Germany: Hamburg53 Infantry Division
Jun 45: Germany: Solingen
 Aug 45: Belgium: Ghent  
1945.10Egypt   
1945.10Palestine: Jerusalem  
1946.03Egypt:
4 Jul 46: Ceremonial guard at the Citadel, Cairo when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time
27 Aug 46: received new colours from Gen Sir Miles Dempsey 
 1947: Re-adopted the kilt after a gap of 138 years  
1947.09.30Palestine: Jerusalem2nd Infantry Brigade
 15 May 48: Last British unit to leave Jerusalem  
1948.05Egypt: Canal Zone   
1948.07.15Scotland: Fort GeorgeTraining Bn of the Highland Bde
 23 Sep 48: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title  
1950.08Scotland: Redford Barracks, Edinburgh  
1950England: Colchester19 Infantry Brigade 
1951.09Libya: Tobruk  
1952.02Malta:  
 Jul 52 - Aug 52: Libya: Tobruk  
1952.09Egypt: Tel-el-Kebir (TEK), Canal Zone19 Infantry Brigade 
1954.11
England: Gordon Barracks, Bulford with A Coy at Bulford Fields and B coy at Parkhouse A. 2 Infantry Brigade
 1955: Presented with new colours by Princess Margaret  
1956.01

Cyprus: Temporarily into a makeshift camp at Komi Kebir: then HQ, B; D Companies to Dhavlos, Sp Company to Bhogas, C Company to Kantara and A Company to Mersiniki.
 Jan 57: Sailed from Cyprus  
1957.02Scotland: On leave  
1957.04Germany: Alma Barracks, Lüneburg10 Infantry Brigade Group
 29 Dec 58: Handed over Alma Barracks, to the German Authority  
1958.12.30Scotland: On leave  
1958.02Scotland: Redford Barracks, Edinburgh
20 Jan 59: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 
2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Austria  
1945Greece: Drama on the frontier with Bulgaria  
1946Greece: Salonika
 Late 47: Reduced to a cadre  
1948Scotland: Glasgow 
23 Sep 48: Amalgamated with 1st Battalion

 

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