Green Jackets

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) .
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1958.11.07 Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry .
1958.11 England: Tidworth .
1959 England: Battlesbury Barracks, Warminster .
1961 Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang North Malaya Sub District
. Dec 62 - 63: Borneo: Sarawak .
. Aug - Dec 63: Borneo: Seria 99 Gurkha Brigade
. Jun - Oct 64: Borneo: Western Sarawak .
1965.08 Berlin: Montgomery Barracks Berlin Infantry Brigade Group
. 1 Jan 66: Renamed 1st Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) .
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. 2nd Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) .
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1958.11.07  Formed by renaming 1st Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps .
1958.11 Libya: Gialo Barracks, Tripoli .
1958 England: Piddlehinton, Dorset .
1959.01 Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar .
1960.12 Berlin: Wavell Barracks Berlin Infantry Brigade Group
1962.07 England: Roman Barracks, Colchester 19 Brigade
. Jul 63 - Jan 64: British Guiana .
1965.01 Malaya: Minden Barracks, Penang .
. May - Oct 65: Sarawak, Borneo .
. 1 Jan 66: Renamed 2nd Bn, The Royal Green Jackets (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) .
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. 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) .
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1958.11.07 Formed by renaming 1st Bn The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort'€™s Own) .
1958.11 England: Tidworth .
1959.01 Germany: Harding Barracks, Wuppertal 12 Infantry Brigade Group
1961.08 England: Barton Stacey .
1963 Cyprus .
1964 England: Normandy Barracks, Felixstowe .
1965.02 Hong Kong: 4 month aclimatisation
1965.06 Malaya: Jungle Warfare School, Johore 2 month training
1965.08 Borneo: Sarawak 99 (Gurkha) Infantry Brigade
. 1 Jan 66: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Royal Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) .
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