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1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers 
Dates LocationsHigher FormationRemarks

1945

 

 

 

 

Burma

13 Sept 45: 8 officers and 150 OR’s left to join 2 RWF in India

21 to 30 Sept 45: 7 officers and 275 OR’s left on repatriation

30 Sept 45: Strength only 5 officers and 70 OR’s

6 Feb 46: Remnants of bn 2 officers and 18 OR’s embarked for UK 

                       

1946.03

 

Wales: Hightown Bks, Wrexham

Mar to May 46: bn reformed 

                                   
1946.05.20 England: Penley Hall Camp, Shropshire   
1946.07 Germany   
1947.06 Germany: Llanelly Bks, Hubblerath  4th Infantry Bde  
1949.04 Berlin: Wavell Bks   
1950.03 Germany: Spey Bks, Buxtehude 31 Lorried Inf Bde  
1951.01 England: The Dale, Chester   

1951.03

 

Jamaica: Up Park Camp, Kingston with one coy at Newcastle, Jamaica and one coy in British Honduras   
1954.03 England: Chisledon Camp, Swindon   
1954.08 Germany: Moore Bks, Dortmund 5 Bde  
1956.08 Berlin: Montgomery Bks Berlin Indep Bde  
1958.01 England: Whittington Bks, Lichfield   
1958.04 Cyprus    

1959.12

 

 

England: Carter Bks, Bulford

Nov 60: Carter Bks, Bulford

Dec 62 - Mar 63: Singapore

1 Guards Bde

51 Brigade

 

 
1963.05 Germany: Aldershot Bks, Iserlohn 5 Inf Bde Group  

1964.05

 

Germany: St George’s Bks, Minden

Apr 66 - Nov 66: Cyprus 

11 Inf Bde Group

United Nations 

 
1967.04 England: Heathfield Camp, Honiton 24 Bde  
1969.07 Hong Kong: Gun Club Hill Bks   
1972.03 Northern Ireland: Ebrington Barracks, Londonderry 8 Inf Bde  

1973.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

England: Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth

Feb 74 - Aug 74: Belize

Oct 74 - Nov 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast

Feb 75 - June 75: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ballymurphy/Springfield/Whiterock)

Oct 76 - Feb 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Fort Monagh)

Jan 77: Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth

May 77 - June 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (UUAC Strike) 

5 Inf Bde

 

 

 

 

8 Field Force 

 

 

1978.01

 

 

 

Germany: Stornoway Bks, Lemgo

Nov 78 - Feb 80: Northern Ireland: Londonderry (West of Foyle)

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

Jan 82: Lemgo 

4 Armd Div

 

 

20 Armd Bde 

 
1982.08 England: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster  Inf Demo Bn  

1984.11

 

 

England: Clive Barracks, Tern Hill

Feb 85 - Aug 85: Falkland Islands

June 86 - Sept 86: Northern Ireland: Op ‘Cara-Cara’ 

143 Bde  
1987.05 Northern Ireland: Abercorn Bks, Ballykinlar  39 Inf Bde   
1989.09 Berlin: Montgomery Bks Berlin Bde  

1992.08

 

 

England: RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire

May 93 - Nov 93: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh Roulement Bn

Mar 95 - Sept 95: Bosnia 

  
1995.08 Wales: Beachley Barracks, Chepstow 160 Bde  

1998.10 

Northern Ireland: Shackleton Bks, Ballykelly 

8 Inf Bde 

 

2000.08

 

 

England: Clive Barracks, Tern Hill

? 00 - ? 00: Sierra Leone

June 01 - Dec 01: Northern Ireland: 

143 Bde

IMATT

 

 

2002.08

 

 

 

England: Mons Barracks, Aldershot

Apr 04 - Nov 04: Iraq: Az Zubayr

Sept 05 - Jan 06: Northern Ireland: (last emergency tour by the Army to NI)

1 Mar 06: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers)  

12 Mech Bde

 

 

 

 

2nd Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers 

Dates LocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1945 India                                                                                                                                                            

1946.04

 

Japan

20 Feb 47: Embarked in HMT Dilwara, sailed from Kure on 21 Feb 

5 Bde, Brindiv, BCOF  

1947.03

 

Malaya: Majidee Bks, Johore Bahru

21 Feb 48: Bn embarked on HMT Cheshire 

  

1948.03.20

 

Wales: Wrexham

31 May 48: disbanded at Wrexham 

  
1952.04.03 Reformed at Assaye Bks, Tidworth   
1952.04 England: Assaye Bks, Tidworth   
1953.05 Germany: Worcester Bks, Luneburg31 Bde, 7 Armd Div  

1954.06

 

 

England: Ogbourne St. George, Wiltshire

11 Aug 54: sailed from Southampton on HMT Empire Fowey for Korea

26 Aug 54: destination changed to Singapore 

 

 

1954.09

 

Malaya

6 June 54: embarked on HMT Dunera at Singapore 

 

 

1957.08

 

England: Whittington Bks, Lichfield

31 Dec 57: disbanded (PSA) 

 

 

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