British Army Units 1945 on

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 1st Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.02Palestine:Brigade training
Jun 45: Lebanon
Aug 45: Syria
Dec 45 - Apr 46: Egypt: Gineifa
 Nov 46: TransJordan  
1947.02Eritrea: Gaggiret Camp, Asmara: A and B Companies at Sembel Camp outside Asmara  Occupation force
 
1948.02Somaliland: Airfield Camp, Mogadishu  
1949.01Cyprus: Wayne's Keep Camp, Nicosia 
12 Mar 49: amalgamated with 2nd Battalion at Nicosia, Cyprus, without change of title
14 Mar 49: Karaolus Camp, Famagusta
 7 Oct 49: new colours presented  
1950.03Egypt: Hodson's Camp, Suez 
Jul 50 - 1951: Egypt: Aqaba
 1951: Egypt: Fanara, near Fayid  
1951.11Trieste: Rosetti Barracks 24 Infantry Brigade
Dec 53: Trieste: Gibraltar Bks, Lazzaretto
 Aug 54: Trieste: Rosetti Barracks  
1954.10England: Barnard Castle: n HQ, HQ, C and D Coys at Westwick Camp and A and Sp Coys at Barford Camp24 Indep Infantry Brigade
18 Mar 55: England: Barnard Castle: Deerbolt Camp
 22 Jan 57: embarked on HMT Empire Orwell at Southampton  
1957.03Malaya: Columbo Camp, Ipoh 28 Commonwealth Brigade 
 17 Jan 60: embarked at Penang on the 'Nevasa' for UK  
1960.02England: On leave  
1960.03Germany: Keightley Bks, Wuppertal6 Infantry Brigade Group
 Dec 60: Germany: Keightley Bks, Wuppertal5 Infantry Brigade Group 
1963.02England: Barnard Castle: Deerbolt Camp3 Division
May 63: CyprusTraining
Jul - Aug 63: Kenya
Aug - Dec 63: Swaziland
Late Jun - Early Aug 64: London Public Duties
Autumn 64: New Zealand: Large Coy Group plus Bn HQTraining
1965: England: Barnard Castle: Deerbolt Camp8 Infantry Brigade
 Jan - Jun 65: Cyprus: Bn HQ, A and HQ Coy at RAF Nicosia, B Coy at Episkopi6 month emergency tour in support of the RAF
1966.01Malta: St Andrew's Barracks, Malta
Apr 66: Libya: Ex Dust Cap
Jul 66 - Jan 67: Aden (one coy, rotating every 2 months)
Apr 67: Libya: Ex Kettle Drum
Jun - Late 67: Libya: El Adem: Bn group
 Jun 68: Libya: On Ex  
1968.12England: Connaught Barracks, Dover2 Brigade
Aug 69: Canada: On Ex
25 Mar 70: Amalgamated at Connaught Barracks, Dover with 1st Bn, The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers), to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Lancashire Regiment
 
2nd Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.10ItalyCorps Troops 
1946.02.20Austria:
15 Dec 46: Reduced to cadre at Graz, Austria 
12 Dec 49: amalgamated with 1st Battalion at Nicosia, Cyprus
 
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