Irish Guards
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, Irish Guards | . |
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1945 | UK | . |
1947.03 | Palestine: | 6 Airborne Division |
. | Apr 48: Palestine | 1 Guards Brigade |
1948.06 | Libya: Tripoli | 1 Guards Brigade |
1949.04 | England: London | . |
. | Summer 49: King George VI presented new Colours to the Battalion in the Garden of Buckingham Palace | . |
1951.02 | Germany: Llanelly Barracks, Hubblerath | 4 Guards Brigade |
1953.03 | England: For a few months to take part in Her Majesty's Coronation on the 2nd June 1953 | . |
1953 | Egypt: Canal Zone | . |
1956.03 | England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd | . |
1956.07.12 | England: Wellington Barracks, London | . |
1957.06 | England: Shorncliffe | 1 Guards Brigade |
. | Jun - Oct 58: Cyprus: Nicosia | . |
1958.11 | England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor | . |
1961.11 | Germany: Llanelly Barracks, Hubblerath | 4 Guards Brigade Group |
1964.07 | England: Chelsea Barracks, London | . |
1965 | England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright | . |
. | Oct 66 - Aug 67: Aden: Salerno Camp, Little Aden | . |
. | Jun 67: Mukalla in the East Aden Protectorate (1 and 3 Companies): Ops in the Hahdramout at Seyiun to rescue British Nationals | 24 Infantry Brigade |
1968.09 | England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor | . |
1970.11 | Hong Kong: Stanley Fort | . |
1972.11 | England: The Barracks, Caterham | . |
. | 1973: Belize | . |
1975.01 | Germany: Buller Barracks, Munster | 4 Armoured Brigade |
. | Jan 77: Buller Barracks, Munster | 2 Armoured Division |
. | 1977: Belize (No 2 Coy) | 6 month emergency tour |
1977.11 | England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor | . |
. | Feb - Sep 79: Belize | . |
1979? | England: Chelsea Barracks, London | . |
1982.02 | Germany: Oxford Barracks, Munster | 4 Armoured Brigade |
1986.01 | England: Chelsea Barracks, London | . |
. | 1988 - 1989: Belize | . |
1989.12 | Berlin: Wavell Barracks | Berlin Infantry Brigade |
1992.04 | England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright | . |
. | Nov 92 - Apr 93: Northern Ireland: Fermanagh | . |
1994.02.21 | England: Chelsea Barracks, London | . |
. | Jun - Dec 95: Northern Ireland: East Tyrone | . |
1996 | England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright | . |
. | Oct 96 - Mar 97: Falklands (No 1 Coy) | . |
1998.03 | Germany: Oxford Barracks, Munster | 4 Armoured Brigade: Warrior Bn |
. | Feb - 12 Jun 99: Macedonia | . |
. | 12 Jun - Sept 99: Kosovo | . |
. | Feb - June 03: Persian Gulf (Det) (Op Telic 1) | 7 Armoured Brigade |
2003.09 | England: Wellington Barracks, London | . |
. | Dec 03 - Mar 04: Northern Ireland | . |
2006.04 | England: Aldershot | 12 Brigade |
. | May - Nov 07: Iraq (Op Telic 10) | 1 Mechanised Brigade |
2009.02 | England: Victoria Barracks,Windsor | HQ London District |
. | Oct 10 - Apr 11: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 13) | 16 Air Assault Brigade |
?? | England: Mons Barracks, Aldershot | . |
2015 | England: Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion Irish Guards | . |
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1945.05 | Germany | 5 Guards Armoured Brigade |
. | 20 Jul 45: Germany: converted back to infantry | 5 Guards Brigade |
. | 1945: Gummersbach, Germany | . |
. | 1946: St. Patrick's Barracks, Wandsbek, Hamburg | Hamburg Sub Area |
1947.03 | England: Goojerat Barracks, Colchester | . |
. | 1 Jul 47: into permanent S/A | . |
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