Gloucestershire Regiment
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | . |
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1945.04 | India | Training battalion |
1945.08 | India | . |
. | 1946: India: Deolali | 29 British Infantry Bde Group |
1947 | England: | . |
. | 1947: reduced to nil strength in UK | . |
1948.09.22 | Re-formed by redesignation 2nd Battalion (technically amalgamated) | . |
1948.09 | West Indies: Up Park Camp, Kingston and Newcastle, Jamaica with a coy detachment in Belize | . |
. | 21 Nov 49: Sailed from Jamaica on the Empress of Australia | . |
1950.01 | England: Roman Way Camp, Colchester | . |
1950.11 | Korea: | 29 Infantry Brigade Group |
. | Nov 51: at sea | . |
1951.12 | England: Warminster | Demonstration Bn |
1953.12 | England: Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle | . |
1955.03 | Kenya: Gilgil | . |
1956.04 | Aden: Singapore Lines | Relieved 1 KOYLI |
1956.08 | Persian Gulf with coys at Sharjah, Dubai and Bahrain | . |
1957.01 | Cyprus: Kermia Camp, near Nicosia | . |
1958.01 | England | On leave |
1958.03 | Germany: Wuppertal | . |
1958.04 | Germany: Quebec Barracks, Osnabruck | 12 Infantry Brigade Group |
1960.01 | England: Connaught Barracks, Dover | . |
1961.08 | England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd | . |
1962.03 | Cyprus: Polemidhia Camp, Limassol | . |
. | Feb 63: Cyprus: Salamanca Barracks, Episkopi | . |
1964.03 | England: Saighton Camp, Chester | . |
. | Jul 65 - Apr 66: Swaziland: St. Georges Barracks, Matsapa | . |
. | Jul 65 - Dec 65: Mauritius (B Company) | . |
. | Dec 1965 - 1966: Aden (B Company) | . |
1967.10 | Berlin: Brooke Barracks | Berlin Brigade |
1969.10 | England: Heathfield Camp, Honiton | 24 Brigade |
. | Dec 69 - Apr 70: Northern Ireland: Londonderry | . |
. | Jun 70: Northern Ireland: 'A' Company | . |
1971.01 | Germany: St GeorgeâÂÂs Barracks, Minden | 11 Armoured Brigade |
. | Dec 71 - Apr 72: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street), patrolled the Lower Falls | . |
. | Apr 73 - Aug 73: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Hastings Street), patrolled the Lower Falls | . |
. | Aug 74 - Dec 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Falls/Divis/Sandy Row) | . |
1975.05 | England: Weeton Camp, Preston | 24 Brigade |
. | Apr 75 - Oct 75: Belize? | . |
1977.10 | Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly | Resident Bn |
1979.03 | Germany: Waterloo Barracks, Munster | 4 Armoured Div |
1981.06 | England: Tidworth | 8 Field Force |
. | Jan 82: England: Tidworth | 1 Infantry Brigade |
. | May 82 - Oct 82: Cyprus | UN tour |
1986.02 | Berlin: Wavell Barracks | Berlin Brigade |
1988.03 | Northern Ireland: Shackleton Barracks, Ballykelly (Resident Bn) | 8 Infantry Brigade |
1990.02 | England: Alma Barracks, Catterick | 24 Airmobile Brigade |
. | 1990 - 1991: Belize | . |
. | Dec 91 - Jan 92: Northern Ireland: Op Trip 2 | . |
. | Mar 93: England: Catterick | 19 Mechanised Brigade |
. | Mar 93 - Sep 93: Northern Ireland: Aldergrove Roulement Bn | . |
. | 27 Apr 94: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), to form 1st Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion, The Gloucestershire Regiment | . |
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1945 | Germany | 49 Infantry Div |
1946 | England | . |
1946 | West Indies: Up Park Camp, Kingston and Newcastle, Jamaica with coy detachment on Bermuda | . |
. | Feb 1948: Company moved to British Honduras. Detachment on Bermuda withdrawn | . |
. | 22 Sep 48: Redesignated as 1st Battalion (technically amalgamated) | . |
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