British Army Units 1945 on

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1st Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment 
 
DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.06NW Europe   
1945.1Egypt8 Infantry Brigade 
1945.12Palestine 8 Infantry Brigade 
1946.02Egypt:8 Infantry Brigade 
1947.03Palestine 2 Infantry Brigade 
1948.06Greece: Aliki Camp, 10 miles south of Athens2 Infantry Brigade 
 25 Aug 48: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title  
1949.07Malaya: 
 20 Jan 53: Embarked on the HMT Georgic at Singapore and sailed for Liverpool  
1953.05Trieste: Rossetti Barracks 24 Infantry Brigade 
1954.08Germany: Harding Barracks, Wuppertal6 Infantry Brigade 
1956.07England: Roman Way Barracks, Colchester  
1956.08Cyprus   
1959.05England: Sir John Moore Barracks, Folkestone   
1959.08Remnants of the Bn moved to Iserlohn
29 Aug 59: amalgamated at Iserlohn with 1st Bn, The Royal Norfolk Regiment, to form
1st Bn, 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)

 

2nd Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment 

 

DatesLocationsHigher FormationRemarks
1944.09Burma L of C 
1945.03India: Napier Barracks, Lahore
19 Oct 46: Gough Barracks, Ferozepore23 Indep British Brigade
 May 47: Reduced to cadre  
1947.07UK  
1948Cadre moved to Greece
25 Aug 48: Amalgamated with 1st Battalion
 
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