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 5th Parachute Battalion 
 
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1945Italy2 Ind Para Brigade Group
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1945.06England: 2 Parachute Brigade
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1945.10Palestine: Nuseirat Ridge Camp near Gaza.2 Parachute Brigade
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1947.07England: Perham Down2 Parachute Brigade Group
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1948

 

Germany: Leicester Barracks, Husum
July 48: redesignated
2nd Bn The Parachute Regiment

 

2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment 

 
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1948.075th Parachute Battalion redesignated as 2nd Bn The Parachute Regiment
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1948.07

 

Germany: Leicester Barracks, Husum
Sept 48: Germany: Hannover District
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1949.10

 

 

 

 

 

England: Talavera Barracks, Aldershot
6 June - 12 June:  With only 72 hrs notice, 2 Para embarked Portsmouth on HMS Triumph (Aircraft Carrier) to Abadan with rest of 16 Ind Para Bde to retake oil wells after Mossadeq confiscation. Washington forbade this move a day or so later, so HMS Triumph was rerouted in Med. to Cyprus and disembarked at Famagusta by lighter.
June 51 - Oct 51: Cyprus
16 Brigade
16 Brigade



16 Brigade

 

 

 

 

 

Transit

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1951.10Egypt: Canal Zone16 Brigade
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1954.07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Talavera Barracks, Aldershot
July 56 - Aug 56: Cyprus: Limni
Aug 56 - Nov 56: Cyprus: Troodos
6 Nov 56 - 14 Nov 56: Egypt: Port Said (Op Musketeer)
Nov 56 - Dec 56: Cyprus, Nicosia
Dec 56 - Feb 57: Cyprus, Platres
June 58 - July 58: Cyprus
July 58 - Oct 58: Jordan: Amman
Oct 58 - Jan 59: Cyprus
Apr 60 - ?? 60??: Cyprus??
June 61 - July 61: Kuwait
July 61 - Sept 61: Bahrain
Sept 61 - Oct 61: Kuwait
Oct 61 - ?? 61: Cyprus
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3 Brigade



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1963.04Bahrain
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1964.04

 

 

England: Aldershot, ??? Barracks
Late 64 - Mar 65: Singapore (training for Borneo)
Mar 65 - July 65: Borneo
16 Brigade

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1966.04Bahrain
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1967.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Aldershot, ??? Barracks
Jun 68 - ??: Hong Kong??
Mar 69 - May 69: Anguilla (Op Sheepskin) (Bn less B Coy)
May 69 - Sept 69: Anguilla (B Coy)
Feb 70 - June 70: Northern Ireland: Belfast
21 Apr 71 - Aug 71: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Springfield)
15 Feb 72 - 15 June 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Carnmoney/Unity)
29 July 72 - 28 Sept 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Springfield)
27 Mar - 18 July 73: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook
31 May - 27 Sept 75: Northern Ireland: Belfast (New Lodge/Ardoyne)
2 Dec 76 - 16 Mar 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ballymurphy/Springfield/Whiterock)
16 Brigade









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1977.05Berlin: Brooke BarracksBerlin Brigade
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1979.06Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler39 Infantry Brigade
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1981.03

 

 

 

 

England: Mons Barracks, Aldershot
Jan 82: Mons Barracks, Aldershot
26 Apr 82 - June 82: Falkland Island (Op Corporate)
Nov 83: Aldershot, Mons Barracks
Nov 84 - Mar 85: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook
6 Field Force
5 Infantry Brigade
5 Infantry Brigade
5 Airborne Brigade
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1985England: Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot
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1987.06England: Clive Barracks, Ternhill143 Brigade
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1989.04

 

 

England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot
Mar 90 - Sept 90: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh [FRB]
July 92 - Oct 92: Northern Ireland: Girdwood [GRB]
5 Airborne Brigade

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1993.06

 

Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Holywood
1994: C Coy attached ("Gurkha Reinforcement Company") 
39 Infantry Brigade
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1995.07

 

 

 

England: Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot
Oct 96 - Apr 97: Northern Ireland:
Jan 99 - July 99: Bosnia
1 Sept 99: Bruneval Barracks, Aldershot
5 Airborne Brigade


16 Air Assault Brigade
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2000.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Meanee Barracks, Colchester
2001: C Coy ("Gurkha Reinforcement Company") disbands
25 Aug 01 - ?? 01: Macedonia
Feb 02 - May 02: Afghanistan
Sept 02 - Mar 03: Northern Ireland:
Nov 03 - Mar 04: Iraq (Op Telic 3)
Oct 05 - Apr 06: Iraq (Op Telic 7)
Apr 08 - Oct 08: Afghanistan: Helmand Province: (Op Herrick 8)
16 Air Assault Brigade


ISAF

20 Armoured Brigade
7 Armoured Brigade
16 Air Assault Brigade
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2008.10England: Merville Barracks, Colchester16 Air Assault Brigade
 
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