British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment  
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.11.03Greece 7 Ind Inf Bde, 4 Ind Inf Div 
1945.06Austria61 Lorried Infantry Brigade 
1946.04Trieste: Sistiana Barracks POW & Border duties
1946Greece AMFOGE
1947.06Palestine: Quastina 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade 
1948.02Egypt: Gothic Camp, Canal Zone  
1948.06England: Old Park Barracks, Dover
 15 Sept 48: amalgamated with 2nd Bn  
1949.06Egypt: Hodgson's Camp, Suez, Canal Zone8 Infantry Brigade
Feb - Jul 50: Jordan, Aqaba
 1951: Egypt: Kantara, Gibana, El Ballah, Tewfik, Fayid, Kafr Abu, Ismallia, Shandur, Canal Zone3 Infantry Brigade
 
1953.03England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth  
1954.04Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade 
1956.04England: Warley Barracks, Brentford  
1956.08Korea: Kohima Camp Commonwealth Contingent 
1957.07Gibraltar   
 May - Oct 58: Benghazi, Libya; from where it could protect King Idris in his palace in Tobruk. In HMS Cumberland
1959.04England: Hobbs Barracks, Lingfield and Napier Barracks, Shorncliffe  
1959.10Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Holywood  
1961.10England: Napier Barracks, Shorncliffe   
1962?: Greece: A coy with 1 Middlesex
 Sep - Oct 63: Chelsea, Barracks London Public Duties
1964.01Malta: St Andrews Barracks
Oct - Nov 64: Libya: Tarhuna Bks & Tripoli, St Barbara Camp, TimniDesert Training
Libya: A Company (enemy for Sandhurst cadets)
Italy: B Company (8th Bersaglieri)
Sardinia: B Company (with 1 DERR)
 Apr 65 - Oct 65: Aden: Radfan CampAden Brigade 
1966.01England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd  
:Mar - Apr 66: Northern Ireland, Ballykinlar Camp (Hutted)  Trg & 39 Bde reserve
1966.06Germany: Stornoway Barracks, Lemgo20 Armoured Brigade
31 Dec 66: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Royal Sussex) upon formation of a "large" regiment from the Home Counties Brigade

 

2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment  

 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945Persia   
1946Malta
15 Sept 48: amalgamated with 1st Bn
 
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