British Army Units 1945 on

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5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05Germany: Kiel Canal area22 Armoured Brigade
 Late 45: Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein22 Armoured Brigade 
1946Germany:York Barracks, Munster22 Armoured Brigade
 Feb 47: York Barracks, Munster7 Armoured Brigade 
1948.12Germany: Barker Barracks, Paderborn7 Armoured Brigade
 Nov 50: Barker Barracks, Paderborn33 Armoured Brigade 
1951.08England: Talavera Barracks, AldershotEmbarkation leave
 29 Oct 51: Left Aldershot for Liverpool and sailed on 'Georgic' for Korea  
1951.12Korea1 Commonwealth Division
 14 Dec 52: Boarded 'Empire Halladale' for Egypt  
1953.01Egypt: Shandur and Fayid, Canal Zone25 Armoured Brigade 
1954.01England: Waithwith Camp, CatterickRAC Trg Regiment Role 
1957.02Germany: Athlone Barracks, Sennelager4 Guards Brigade
Dec 57: Athlone Barracks, Sennelager20 Armoured Brigade Group
Feb 60: Athlone Barracks, Sennelager4 Guards Brigade Group
 Oct 62: B Sqn moved to Warminster as Demonstration Sqn at the School of Infantry  
1962.11England: Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth: B Sqn at Warminster3 Division Armoured Regt
Autumn 63: Libya: Ex Triplex West (A & C Sqns)
 April 64: Libya (A Sqn)  
1964.12
Aden: Falaise Lines (HQ, A Sqn & B Sqn) (A & B Sqns rotating on LSTs in Persian Gulf): C Sqn Hong Kong: Sek Kong Tank Regiment
1965.12England: on leave (HQ, A Sqn & B Sqn)  
1965.12Libya: Wavell Barracks, Benghazi: C Sqn (Moved direct from Hong Kong)Armoured Cars
Jan 66: Wavell Barracks, Benghazi: HQ & B Sqn UNArmoured Cars
Jan 66: Cyprus: Ziyyi Camp: A Sqn Armoured Cars
 Sept 67: Libya: El Adam (C Sqn)  
1967.12England: Weeton Camp  
1969.03Germany: Harewood Barracks, Herford1 (Br) CorpsRecce
1970.06Germany: York Barracks, Munster 4 Guards Brigade
 Dec 73 - May 74: Cyprus: A SqnUN tour. 
1974.12
England: Cambrai Barracks, Catterick: B Sqn - Smuts Barracks, Berlin as Berlin Armoured Sqn.RAC Centre Regiment
 
1976.12Germany: Imphal Barracks, Osnabruck2 Armoured Division 
 Apr 81 - Aug 81: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh  
1984.11England: Tidworth  
1986.11Germany: Barker Barracks, Paderborn11 Armoured Brigade
1 August 92: Amalgamated with 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, to form The Royal Dragoon Guards
 
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