King's Own Royal Regiment

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. 1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) .
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1945.05 Northern Italy: Ferrara .
1945.08 Italy: Gorizia .
1945.09 Italy: Bolzano .
1946.01 Trieste: Rossetti Barracks 24 Infantry Brigade
. Oct 46 - Jan 47: Yugoslavia: Pola .
. 1 Apr 49: amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title .
. 22 Apr 49: Amalgamation Parade of 1st and 2nd Bns at San Sabba Stadium, Trieste .
1950.05 England: Hadrian's Camp, Carlisle Lancastrian Bde Training Battalion
1950.08 England: Saighton Camp, Chester Lancastrian Bde Training Battalion
1951.02 England: Bulford .
1951.12 Germany: Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1953.07 England: On leave .
. 1953 Aug/Sep: Moved to Korea, via Aden and Hong Kong .
1953.09 Korea: Teal Bridge Camp 29 Infantry Brigade Group
1954.09.20 Hong Kong: Beas Stable Camp (Bn HQ, HQ Coy, 'A' & 'D' Coys) the remainder of the bn was based at Lo Wu .
. Sep 56: Sailed on the 'Empire Pride' for UK .
1956.10 England: Harrington Barracks, Formby .
1957.07 England: Deerbolt Camp, Barnard Castle .
1958.07 Kenya: .
1958.07 Aden and Bahrain .
1958.10 Kenya: Gil Gil Camp .
1959.07 England: Westwick Camp, Barnard Castle .
. 1 Oct 59: amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Border Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The King's Own Royal Border Regiment .
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. 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) .
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1945 India: Cawnpore .
1947 India: Calcutta .
1947.10 Egypt: Fanara .
1948.02 Eritrea: Gaggiret Camp, Asmara Occupation force
1949 Sudan: Khartoum .
1949.04 Trieste: Rossetti Barracks .
. 1 Apr 49: disbanded (technically amalgamated with 1st Battalion) .
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