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1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) 
 

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1964.09.01

 

Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)
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1964.09Aden: Waterloo Lines Aden Brigade
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1965.08England: On leave
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1965.11Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle7 Armoured BrigadeMech Battalion
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1968.02

 

England: Somme Barracks,Catterick
1 July 68: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment  
6 Infantry Brigade
Mech Battalion
 
1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
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1968.07.01England: Somme Barracks,Catterick 6th Infantry BrigadeMech Battalion
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1970.07Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry 8 Infantry Brigade 
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1972.03Cyprus: Salamanca Barracks, Episkopi (Sp Coy detached at Dhekelia)
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1974.05

 

 

England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth
Sept 74 - Dec 74: Northern Ireland: Portadown
197?: Belize
ACE MF(L)

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1978.08

 

 

 

Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle
May 79 - Sept 79: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ardoyne/City Centre)
Aug 81 - Jan 82: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh
Jan 82: Trenchard Barracks, Celle
1 Armoured Division


22 Armoured Brigade
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1982.04England: Oakington Barracks, Cambridge54 Brigade 
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1984.11Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry 8 Infantry Brigade
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1987.04Gibraltar: South Barracks 
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1989.02

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Roman Barracks, Colchester
Aug 89 - Jan 90: Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Battalion
9 Sept 92: absorbed part of 3rd Battalion
Apr 93: Roman Barracks, Colchester
Dec 93 - June 94: Northern Ireland:
1995?: companies redesignated: A (Royal Norfolk), B (Suffolk), C (Essex), D (Cambridgshire)
May 95 - Aug 95: Bosnia
19 Infantry Brigade


24 Airmobile Brigade



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1996.07

 

England: Oakington Barracks, Cambridge
Oct 96 - May 97: Northern Ireland: 
54 Brigade
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1999.04Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry8 Infantry Brigade 
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2001.05

 

 

 

 

England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright
Mar 02 - Sept 02: Afghanistan: Kabul
Apr 05 - Oct 06: Iraq: Responsible for southern part of Province of Al Basra: (Operation Telic 6)
Mar 07 - Sept 07: Afghanistan: Helmand Province: (Op Herrick 6)
12 Mechanised Brigade

12 Mechanised Brigade

12 Mechanised Brigade
 
2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
 

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Higher Formation

Remarks

1964.09.01

 

Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)
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1964.09.01Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabrück12 Brigade 
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1964.09England: Normandy Barracks, FelixstoweTransist
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1965.10

 

 

Cyprus: Alexander Barracks, Dhekelia
Mar 66: Libya: On Ex for 3 weeks
May 66 - July 66: Aden: B Coy for security duties around Khormaksar airfield
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1967.09

 

 

England: Normandy Barracks, Felixstowe
Jan 68 - Feb 68: Malaysia: B and C Coys for jungle training
1 July 68: Renamed 2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
19 Airportable Brigade

 
2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks

1967.09

 

 

England: Normandy Barracks, Felixstowe
Aug 68: Cyprus: On ex for 4 weeks
Dec 68 - Aug 69: Gibraltar, Devil's Tower Camp; (less 1 coy)
19 Airportable Brigade

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1969.11

 

 

 

England: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester
Jan 70: Kenya
July 70 - Aug 70: Malaysia on Ex "Bersatu Padu"
Oct 70 - Feb 71: Northern Ireland: Belfast
19 Airportable Brigade

19 Airportable Brigade
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1971.05

 

 

 

Germany: Oxford Barracks, Münster
Aug 72 - Dec 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street)
July 73 - Nov 73: Northern Ireland: Londonderry (Creggan)
Aug 75 - Dec 75: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street)
1st Artillery Brigade


Nuclear Escort Bn


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1976.06

 

England: Gordon Barracks, Gillingham
Mar 77 - June 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Springfield/Falls)
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1978.08Berlin: Montgomery Barracks Berlin Infantry Brigade
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1981.01Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry 8 Infantry Brigade 
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1983.01

 

 

 

England: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester
Nov 83 - June 84: Cyprus
Jan 86 - Mar 86: Northern Ireland: Op ‘Cara Cara’
Apr 86 - Sept 86: Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Bn
19 Infantry Brigade
UN tour

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1987.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle
Jan 89 - June 89: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn
9 Sept 92: absorbed part of 3rd Battalion
Dec 92 - June 93: Northern Ireland: East Tyrone
1993: Trenchard Barracks, Celle
May 94 - Nov 94: Bosnia Herzegovina - Op Grapple 4
1995? companies redesignated: A (Royal Lincolnshire), B (Royal Leicestershire), C (Northamptonshire), D (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire)
22 Armoured Brigade



4 Armoured Brigade
UN Command

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1996.02England: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster Infantry Demo Bn
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1998.02Cyprus: Alexander Barracks, Dhekelia 
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2000.04

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Beachley Barracks, Chepstow
May 00 - 22 July 00: Sierra Leone (B Coy) - Op Basilica
Nov 00 - Apr 01: Northern Ireland: West Belfast (D Coy)
July 01 - Aug? 01: Northern Ireland:
June 02 - Dec 02: Northern Ireland:
Mar 03 - July 03: Afghanistan ( A & D Coys)
July 03 - Oct 03: Afghanistan ( B & C Coys)
160 Brigade
IMATT




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2004.02.18

 

Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly
Sept 04 - Oct 04: Jordan
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2005.12

 

England: Clive Barracks, Tern Hill
Apr 06 - Oct 06: Basra, Iraq (Op Telic 8)
20 Armoured Brigade
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2007.07

 

Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle
Jun - Dec 08: Basra, Iraq (Op Telic 12)
7 Armoured Brigade
7 Armoured Brigade
 
3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
 

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1964.09.01Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
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1964.09Berlin: Wavell Barracks
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1966.07

 

 

 

England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth
Oct 66 - May 67: Aden: Radfan Camp: patrolled the Sheikh Othman area
1967: Kenya
1 July 68: Redesignated 3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
5 Airportable Brigade
Aden Brigade
Training
 
3rd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 

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Higher Formation

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1968.07.01England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth 5 Brigade
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1968.12

 

England: Normandy Barracks, Aldershot
Nov 69 - Apr 70: Cyprus
16 Para Brigade
UN Tour
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1970.12

 

 

 

Germany: Alanbrooke Barracks, Paderborn
Apr 72 - Aug 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street)
Mar 73 - July 73: Northern Ireland: Londonderry
Nov 74 - Mar 75: Northern Ireland: Londonderry
20 Armoured Brigade


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1976.02Cyprus: Salamanca Barracks, Episkopi 
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1978.05Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Holywood 39 Infantry Brigade 
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1979.11

 

 

 

England: Meeanee Barracks, Colchester
Nov 80 - May 81: Cyprus
Jan 82: Meeanee Barracks, Colchester
May 82 - Nov 82: Belize
7 Field Force
UN Tour
19 Infantry Brigade
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1984.02

 

Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden
Nov 86 - Mar 87: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn
11 Armoured Brigade
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1989.02England: Hyderabad Barracks, Colchester19 Infantry Brigade 
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1991.04Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry 8 Infantry Brigade
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1992.09

 

England: Colchester
5 Oct 92: amalgamated with 1st Battalion at Colchester, and 2nd Battalion at Osnabrück
19 Infantry Brigade
 
4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment (Leicestershire)
 

Dates

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Higher Formation

Remarks

1964.09.01Formed by renaming 1st Bn Royal Leicestershire Regiment
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1964.09

 

England: Doniford Camp, Watchett
Feb 65 - Aug 65: Aden: Radfan Camp
2 Infantry Brigade
Aden Brigade
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1965.11

 

 

Malta: St Patrick's Barracks, 1 coy at Ghain Tuffieha 
Early 67: Aden: C Coy for security duties around Khormaksar airfield for 2 months
1 July 68: Renamed 4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
4th Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 

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Higher Formation

Remarks

1968.07.01Malta: St Patrick's Barracks, 1 coy at Ghain Tuffieha 
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1968.07

 

England: Gordon Barracks, Gillingham
Aug 69 - June 70: Bahrain: Hamala Camp
2 Brigade
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1970.10.01

 

Reduced to Tiger Company. Duties were to provide demo plns for Sandhurst and Mons Officer Cadet Schools.
 
Tiger Company, The Royal Anglian Regiment
 

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Higher Formation

Remarks

1973.10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Howe Barracks, Canterbury
Dec 71 - May 72: Gibraltar
Sept 72: Reduced to cadre and training Junior Soldiers at the Junior Soldiers Wing at Canterbury
Nov 73: Reformed at Howe Barracks, Canterbury as an independent company
Mar 74 - July 74: Northern Ireland:
July 74 - 1975: Howe Barracks, Canterbury, providing demo plns for Sandhurst and Mons Officer Cadet Schools
1975: disbanded




2 Infantry Brigade



 

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