British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945Burma   
1946Thailand: Bangkok  
1947Singapore: 
11 Sept 47: reduced to cadre
 Dec 47: The Bn, reduced to cadre, was ordered to join the 2nd Battalion in Berlin  
1948.09.09Reconstituted at Brooke Barracks, Berlin from personnel of 2nd Bn (ie 2nd Bn renamed 1st Bn)
 1948/49: Served in Berlin throughout the Berlin Blockade imposed by the Russians.  
1949.12Germany: Aldershot Barracks, Iserlohn5 Brigade
 1950: The Bn provided a reinforcement draft of one officer and 135 men for 1 Middlesex in the Korean War  
1953.11England: 
 Jan 54: Sailed for Far East on 'Georgic'  
1954.03Malaya:   Relieved 1 Gordons
1956.04Singapore: Selerang Barracks
 2 Mar 57: Sailed for Southampton on the troopship HMT "Empire Orwell",  
1957.02England:   
1957.04Germany: Mons Barracks, Iserlohn5 Brigade  
1959.09England: Blenheim Barracks, Bury St Edmunds
14 Oct 59: amalgamated with 1st Bn, The East Surrey Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment
 
2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05India 36 Infantry Brigade 
1947.08Germany: Moore Barracks, Dortmund5 Infantry Brigade 
1948.06Berlin: Brooke Barracks
9 Sept 48: reduced to nil strength (personnel to reconstitute 1st Bn) (ie 2nd Bn renamed 1st Bn)
21 Nov 48: disbanded
 
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