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 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 
1st Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
Dates LocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945.05 England: Louth                                                             
1945.12 Libya: Benghazi   

1946.10

 

Palestine: Pardess Hanna

28 Nov 46: Renamed The Royal Hampshire Regiment

2 Inf Bde 

 

 
1947.11 England: Purfleet   
1948.02 England: Winchester: Reduced to cadre   
1948.08.11 Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title   
1948.08 England: Bulford: Wessex Bde Trg Bn   
1951.02 Germany: Clifton Barracks, Minden  31 Lorried Inf Bde  
1951.10 Germany: Wyvern Bks, Luneburg 31 Lorried Inf Bde  
1954.01 Malaya  18 Inf Bde  
1956.04 England:   
1956.10 Germany: Oxford Bks, Münster 20th Armd Bde Group  
1957 Germany: Stornoway Bks, Lemgo  20th Armd Bde Group 
1959.11 England:   
1960.03 West Indies: Up Park Camp, Kingston, Jamaica: Airport Camp, Nassau    
1962.08 Germany: Waterloo Bks, Münster 6th Inf Bde Group  
1965.10 England:   

1967

 

 

 

England: Netheravon

Oct 68 - May 69: Cyprus: Polemedia Camp near Limmasol

Aug 69 - Nov 69: Northern Ireland:Belfast

1970: Reduced to Minden Company 

  
1971 Gibraltar: Minden Company   
1972 Battalion reconstituted at Roman Barracks, Colchester   

1972

 

 

England: Roman Barracks, Colchester

Nov 72 - Mar 73: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

Sept 73 - Jan 74: Northern Ireland: Armagh 

19 Inf Bde

 

 

 
1974.03 Hong Kong: Erskine Camp?   
1976.03 Northern Ireland: Shackleton Bks, Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde  

1977.11

 

 

Germany: Buller Bks, Münster

Mar 79 - July 79: Northern Ireland: Londonderry

1981.01: Buller Bks, Münster 

5 Field Force

 

4 Armd Div 

 

1981.03

 

 

England: Connaught Barracks, Dover

Jan 82 - May 82: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh

?? 83 - ?? 84: Falkland Islands 

  
1983.12 Berlin: Wavell Bks                                                                                              Berlin Bde   

1986.02

 

England: Lucknow Bks, Tidworth

Jan 87 - June 87: Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Bn 

1 Inf Bde 

 

1988.11

Northern Ireland: Ebrington Bks, Londonderry  

8 Inf Bde  

                   

1991.04     

 

 

 

England: Hyderabad Bks, Colchester

Nov 91 - May 92: Northern Ireland:

9 Sept 92: Amalgamated with 1st Bn & 2nd Bn, The Queen's Regiment, to form 1st Bn and 2nd Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment 

19 Inf Bde

 

 

  

 

2nd Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment 
2nd Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
Dates LocationsHigher FormationRemarks

1945.04.21

Italy                                                                                                                                          

128 Bde, 46 Inf Div 

                  

1945.05

 

Austria

28 Nov 46: Renamed The Royal Hampshire Regiment 

 

 

1948.03

 

England: Bulford: Wessex Bde Trg Bn

11 Aug 48: amalgamated with 1st Battalion at Bulford 

 

 

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