1945.06

Sailed to UK.

Oct 45: Disbanded 

1947.06

Malta: Imtarfa Barracks

Jan 48 - May 48: Palestine

Nov 48 - 1949: Cyprus

21 July 49: Sailed from Malta  

3 Cdo Bde

6 Airborne Division 

3 Cdo Bde

1952.06

Malta

29 Nov 52: 1st colours presented to Commando

Feb 53 - Oct 54: Egypt: Canal Zone

Sept 55 - Aug 56: Cyprus

Nov 56: Suez: Port Said

Feb 57 - July 58: Cyprus

Jan 59 - Mar 59: Cyprus

1962: Troops reorganised as Companies A, B, C 

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

1962.05

Singapore

Dec 62 - Jan 63: Borneo

Apr 63 - July 63: Sarawak

Oct 63 - Feb 64: Sarawak

July 64 - Dec 64: Sarawak: Tawau

May 65: On ops in Johore

July 65 - Nov 65: Borneo: Serian

May 66 - Sept 66: Borneo: Simmangeang Bks

1967: IS duties in Hong Kong

Sept 70: Hong Kong 

1971.10

England: Seaton Barracks, Plymouth

Oct 71 - Jan 72: Northern Ireland: Armagh

June 72 - Oct 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (New Lodge/Unity)

June 73 - Oct 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (New Lodge/Unity)

July 74 - Sept 74: Cyprus

Feb 75 - June 75: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Andersontown/Suffolk/Twinbrook)

Aug 76 - Dec 76: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

Mar 79 - Mar 80: Northern Ireland: Shackleton Bks, Ballykelly (Resident Bn)

May 82 - June 82: Falklands

Jan 83 - June 83: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook 

1983

England: Norton Manor Camp, Taunton                                                                         

June 84 - Dec 84: Cyprus:

1986: Belize

Jan 88 - June 88: Northern Ireland: Armagh

Apr 91: Iraq: Kurdistan

15 July 91: Iraq: Kurdistan (B Coy)

19 Aug 91: Iraq: Kurdistan (C Coy)

15 Sept 91- Oct 91: Iraq: Kurdistan (A Coy)

Jan 93 - May 93: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn

Dec 93 - May 94: Northern Ireland:

1995 - 1996: Northern Ireland:

1998: Congo

Sept 01: Oman

Jan 02 - May02: Afghanistan: Kabul: Operation Damian

JAn 03 - Mar 03: Persian Gulf

Mar 03 - May 03: Iraq: Operation Telic 1

July 04 - Jan 05: Iraq: Operation Telic 4

Mar 06 - Aug 06: Afghanistan: Op Herrick: (one company)

Apr 06 - Aug 06: Iraq: Operation Telic (one company)

Oct 07 - Apr 08: Afghanistan: 

UNFICYP tour

Op Haven

Op Warden

Op Warden

Op Warden

3 Cdo Bde

ISAF

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

1 Mech Bde 

Dates  

1952.01

England:

22 Feb 52: Disbanded at Royal Marines Barracks Stonehouse, Plymouth or Bickleigh. 

1960.03

England: Bickleigh

1962: Troops reorganised as Companies E, F, G

21 Jan 64 - 30 Jan 64: Kenya

30 Jan 64 - 7 Apr 64: Tanganyika

Sept 69 - Nov 69: Northern Ireland: Belfast

Aug 70 - Nov 70: Northern Ireland: Belfast 

1971.03

Malta: as garrison troops

Oct 74 - May 75: Cyprus

Apr 77: Reduced to Salerno Company which became Malta Garrison 

1977.09

Reformed at Deal 

1977

England: Deal

Mar 78 - June 78: Northern Ireland: Belfast

May 79 - Nov 79: Cyprus

June 80 - Oct 80: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

Aug 91: disbanded (personnel transferred to 40 Commando, 42 Commando, and 45 Commando without overall reduction in strength) 

UN tour 

Dates 

Locations

Higher Formation

Remarks

1945.09

Hong Kong

June 47: Sailed from Hong Kong 

3 Cdo Bde

1947.07

Malta

Jan 48 - June 48: Palestine

21 July 49: Sailed from Malta 

3 Cdo Bde

1953.06

Malta

29 Nov 52: 1st colours presented to Commando

May 53 - June 54: Egypt: Canal Zone  

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde 

1954.10

England: Bickleigh: to staff the Commando School

1 Aug 56: Commando reactivated

Nov 56: Suez: Port Said

Summer 58: Commando reactivated for Lebanon crisis

1959: Reactivated for commando carrier force and embarked on Bulwark 

3 Cdo Bde 

1960.03

Singapore: HMS Simbang or RNAS Sembawang

July 61: Kuwait

1962: Troops reorganised as Companies K, L, M

Dec 62 - Apr 63: Sarawak & Brunei, 'L' coy took part in Limbang operation

July 63 - Oct 63: Sarawak

Feb 64 - June 64: Sarawak

Dec 64 - May 65: Sarawak: Tawau

Dec 65 - May 66: Borneo: Lundu

Oct 67 - Nov 67: Aden: Last unit to leave Aden, covered final withdrawal 

99 Gurkha Bde 

1971.08

England: Bickleigh

Oct 71 - Jan 72: Northern Ireland: RUC Div K

July 72 - Sept 72: Northern Ireland: East Belfast

Feb 73 - June 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (New Lodge/Unity)

Feb 74 - June 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (New Lodge/Unity)

Oct 74 - Nov 74: Northern Ireland: Portadown/Newry/Bessbrook (NI General Election)

Oct 75 - Nov 75: Northern Ireland: South Armagh (Spearhead-Sectarian Murders)

Feb 76 - June 76: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Monagh/Anderstown)

July 78 - Nov 78: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

1979: Hong Kong: IS duties

June 80 - Aug 80: New Hebrides: Vanatu (Company)

May 82 - June 82: Falklands

July 84 - Nov 84: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

May 87 - July 87: Northern Ireland: Spearhead

June 89 - Oct 89: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn

Nov 91 - May 92: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh

Oct 94 - Apr 95: Northern Ireland: Aldergrove

May 00 - June 00: Sierra Leone

Mar 02 - Sept 02: Northern Ireland:

Feb 03 - Mar 03: Persian Gulf

Mar 03 - May 03: Iraq: Operation Telic 1  

Feb 06 - April 06: Afghanistan: Operation Herrick: (one company)

Oct 06 - ?? 07: Afghanistan: Operation Herrick 5

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde 

Dates 

Locations

Higher Formation

Remarks

1961.09.05

Reformed at Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth                                                                           

1961.09

England: Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth

1962: Troops reorganised as Companies O, P, Q 

1967

England: Royal Marines Barracks, Eastney

Nov 68: disbanded at Eastney 

Dates 

Locations

Higher Formation

Remarks

1946.03

Hong Kong

17 May 47: Sailed on HMT Strathnaver 

1947.06.10

Malta: tented camp at Ghadira in Mellieha Bay

17 Nov 47: Malta: St Patrick's Bks at Pembroke Fort

24 Apr 48 - 30 Apr 48: Libya

30 Apr 48 - 12 May 48: Palestine

12 May 48 - 8 June 48: Libya 

3 Cdo Bde

1952.03

Malta

29 Nov 52: 1st colours presented to Commando

May 53 - Aug 54: Egypt: Canal Zone

Sept 55 - Aug 56: Cyprus

Nov 56: Suez: Port Said

May 57 - Sept 57: Cyprus

July 58 - Dec 58: Cyprus 

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde

1960.04

Aden: BP Camp, Little Aden

July 61: Kuwait

1962: Troops reorganised as Companies X, Y, Z

25 Jan 64 - 30 Jan 64:Tanganyika

Sept 67: Admin base at RAF Khormaksar 

1967.11

England: Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth

1970: Assigned to NATO for the Northern Flank

June 70 - Sept 70: Northern Ireland: Belfast 

1971.04

Scotland: HMS Condor, Arbroath

Aug 71 - Sept 71: Northern Ireland: Belfast and Rural area.    

Oct 71 - Feb 72: Northern Ireland: Carnmoney

July 72 - Aug 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast

July 74 - Nov 74: Northern Ireland: Bessbrook

June 77 - Oct 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Monagh)

Aug 78 - Sept 78: Northern Ireland: Spearhead

July 81 - Nov 81: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Springfield/Falls)

May 82 - June 82: Falklands

July 86 - Nov 86: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn

Oct 90 - Mar 91: Northern Ireland: Armagh

24 Apr 91 - ??: Iraq: Kurdistan:

1993: Belize

1994: Kuwait: Sent to reinforce the Kuwaiti border against renewed Iraqi aggression.

1998: Honduras and Nicaragua: On disaster and humanitarian relief

Sept 00 - Mar 01: Kosovo:

2 Apr 02 - July 02: Afghanistan: OP JACANA

Jan 03 - Mar 03: Persian Gulf:

Mar 03 - May 03: Iraq: Operation Telic 1

Nov 03 - May 04: Northern Ireland

Oct 06 - ?? 07: Afghanistan: Operation Herrick 5                                                      

Op Haven

3 Cdo Bde

3 Cdo Bde