Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry .
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1944.07 UK 55 Infantry Division
1946.03 Palestine: Haifa 1 Division
1947.03 Cyprus .
1948 British Somaliland: Hargeisa .
1949 British Somaliland: Mogadishu .
1950 England: Bordon. On duties at the Light Infantry Training Centre .
. 9 Jun 50: Amalgamated at Bordon with 2nd Battalion without change of title .
1951 England: Kiwi Barracks, Bulford .
1951.12 Germany: Clifton Barracks, Minden 61 Brigade
1953.12 England: Plymouth .
1954.03 West Indies: Jamaica, Bermuda, British Honduras last unit to serve in Bermuda
. Mar 56 - Early 57: D Coy Atkinson Field, British Guiana .
1957.07 Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabruck 21 Brigade
. Dec 57: Germany: Mercer Barracks, Osnabruck 12 Infantry Brigade Group
. 6 Oct 59: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), to form 1st Bn, The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry .
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. 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry .
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1944.12.16 Greece 10 Infantry Brigade
1945 Greece & Macedonia .
1946 Greece: .
. Jun 48: Reduced to nil strength .
. 9 Jun 50: Amalgamated at Bordon with 1st Battalion .
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