Highland Light Infantry
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry | . |
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1945.05 | Germany: Hamburg | 53 Infantry Division |
. | Jun 45: Germany: Solingen | . |
. | Aug 45: Belgium: Ghent | . |
1945.10 | Egypt | . |
1945.10 | Palestine: Jerusalem | . |
1946.03 | Egypt: | . |
. | 4 Jul 46: Ceremonial guard at the Citadel, Cairo when the Union Jack was lowered for the last time | . |
. | 27 Aug 46: received new colours from Gen Sir Miles Dempsey | . |
. | 1947: Re-adopted the kilt after a gap of 138 years | . |
1947.09.30 | Palestine: Jerusalem | 2nd Infantry Brigade |
. | 15 May 48: Last British unit to leave Jerusalem | . |
1948.05 | Egypt: Canal Zone | . |
1948.07.15 | Scotland: Fort George | Training Bn of the Highland Bde |
. | 23 Sep 48: Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title | . |
1950.08 | Scotland: Redford Barracks, Edinburgh | . |
1950 | England: Colchester | 19 Infantry Brigade |
1951.10 | Libya: Tripoli | . |
1952.02 | Malta: | . |
. | Jul 52 - Aug 52: Libya: Tobruk | . |
1952.09 | Egypt: Tel-el-Kebir (TEK), Canal Zone | 19 Infantry Brigade |
1954.11 | England: Gordon Barracks, Bulford with A Coy at Bulford Fields and B coy at Parkhouse A | 2 Infantry Brigade |
. | 1955: Presented with new colours by Princess Margaret | . |
1956.01 | Cyprus: Temporarily into a makeshift camp at Komi Kebir: then HQ, B; D Companies to Dhavlos, Sp Company to Bhogas, C Company to Kantara and A Company to Mersiniki | . |
. | Jan 57: Sailed from Cyprus | . |
1957.02 | Scotland: On leave | . |
1957.04 | Germany: Alma Barracks, Luneburg | 10 Infantry Brigade Group |
. | 29 Dec 58: Handed over Alma Barracks, to the German Authority | . |
1958.12.30 | Scotland: On leave | . |
1958.02 | Scotland: Redford Barracks, Edinburgh | . |
. | 20 Jan 59: Amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry | . |
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1945.05 | Austria | . |
1945 | Greece: Drama on the frontier with Bulgaria | . |
1946 | Greece: Salonika | . |
. | Late 47: Reduced to a cadre | . |
1948 | Scotland: Glasgow | . |
. | 23 Sep 48: Amalgamated with 1st Battalion | . |
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