King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
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1945.03.03 | NW Europe: Germany | 15 Brigade, 5 Infantry Division |
. | 1945: Flak Barracks, Wolfenbuttal | 15 Brigade, 5 Infantry Division |
. | Early 46: BHQ, HQ & SP Coys at Bergedorf and B, C & D Coys at Neuengame | 131 Inf Bde, 7 Armoured Division |
. | Jul 46: Gneisenau Bks, Minden later renamed Eliizabeth Bks | . |
. | Jan 47: 131 Infantry Brigade renumbered 31 Infantry Brigade | 31 Inf Bde, 7 Armoured Division |
. | Early Dec 47: 350 men went to 1 Ox & Bucks LI, received 120 from 1 Ox & Bucks LI | . |
1947.12 | England: Fort Tregantle, Plymouth | . |
. | Nov 48: disbanded in UK | . |
. | 18 Nov 48: Re-formed by renumbering 2nd Battalion in Malaya (technically amalgamated) | . |
1948.11 | Malaya: Glugor Barracks, Penang | . |
. | Jul 50: Glugor Barracks renamed Minden Barracks | . |
. | 6 Aug 51: Embarked on HT Dunera at Penang and sailed for UK | . |
. | 4 Sep 51: Landed at Southampton | . |
1951.09 | England: Barnard Castle | . |
1951.11 | Germany: Moore Barracks, Dortmund | 5 Infantry Brigade |
1953.03 | Berlin: Wavell Barracks | Berlin Brigade |
1954.08 | England: Strensall | . |
. | 9 Nov 54: Embarked on 'SS' Georgic at Liverpool | . |
1954.11 | Kenya: Nanyuki | 39 Infantry Brigade |
. | Apr 55: Ngobit Camp, Kenya | . |
. | 7 Nov 55: Sailed from Mombasa on the 'Dilwara' | . |
1955.11.13 | Aden: Singapore Lines: D Coy remained on 'Dilwara' and sailed on to Cyprus | Relieved 1 Seaforth |
. | Cyprus: Limni; (D Coy) under command 1 Royal Scots | . |
1956.04 | Cyprus: Limni; C Coy at Stroumbi | 3 Commando Brigade |
. | 29 Jun 56: Nicosia, Normandy Camp? CBS Camp (tented) | Relieved 1 Warwicks |
1957.11 | England: Strensall | . |
1958.02 | Germany: Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager | 4 Guards Brigade Group |
1958.08 | Germany: St David's Barracks, Hilden | 4 Guards Brigade Group |
. | Late Aug 61: Bn flew from Dusseldorf to Manston (the first Bn to be air trooped) | . |
1961.08 | England: Pontefract | . |
. | 30 Dec 61: Bn sailed from Southampton on the 'Nervasa' for Singapore | . |
1962.01 | Malaya: Imjin Lines. Terendak Camp | 28 Commonwealth Brigade |
. | 8 Feb 63: B and D Coys moved to Seria, Borneo on HMS Albion | Relieved 1 QO Hldrs |
. | End of May 63: Main body of Bn left for Malaya on HMS Albion, composite coy left behind | Relieved by 1 QO Hldrs |
. | 23 May 63: Composite Coy returned to Malaya | . |
. | Early Dec 63 - Feb 64: Borneo: Seria district and 4 Div of Sarawak | . |
. | Feb - Mid Apr 64: Borneo: Seria district and 4 Div of Sarawak | 51 Gurkha Brigade |
. | Sep 64: Left Malaya for UK | Relieved by 1 Scots Gds |
1964.12 | England: Lucknow Barracks, Tidworth | 5 Brigade |
. | Aug 65 - May 66: Aden: Radfan Camp, tented camp next to Waterloo Lines | Aden Brigade: Handed over to 1 Cameronians |
1967.04 | Berlin: Montgomery Barracks | . |
. | 10 Jul 68: Renamed 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
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1945 | India: Malthone, 80 miles south of Jhansi | 19 Ind Inf Bde, 8 Ind Div |
. | Apr 46: Deolali | 29 British Infantry Bde Group |
. | Jun 46: Moved to Kalyan for Monsoon season | . |
. | Sep 46: Back to Deolali | . |
1947.09 | Malaya: Taiping | . |
. | Jan 48: A and C Coys moved to Ashby Road Camp, Ipoh | . |
. | Mar 48: A Coy moved to Glugor Barracks, Penang | . |
. | May 48: Rest of Battalion moved into Glugor Bks, Penang | . |
. | 18 Nov 48: renumbered as 1st Battalion in Malaya (technically amalgamated) | . |
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. | Regimental Depot | . |
1945 | England: Strensall Bks, York | . |
. | By late Nov 46: Ranby Camp, Retford | . |
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. | No 6 Holding Battalion | . |
1945 | England: Strensall Bks, York | . |
. | By late Nov 46: Ranby Camp, Retford | . |
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. | No 6 ITC | . |
1945 | Scotland: Berwick on Tweed | . |
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. | 1/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
1945.05.08 | Holland: Grebe Line near Ede | 146 Bde, 49 Div |
. | 9 May 45: Utrecht | . |
. | Early June: Meschede, Germany | . |
1945.11 | Italy: Lake Como area | . |
1946.03 | Austria: Murzzuschlal: absorbed personnal from 2/4 Bn | . |
1946.06 | UK | . |
. | 16 Aug 46: Disbanded | . |
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. | 2/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | . |
1945.05.08 | Italy: Area of Capporetto and Plezzo | 138 Bde, 46 Division |
1945.05 | Austria: Wolfsberg area | . |
. | Aug 45: Mureck, close to Yugoslav border | . |
. | Autumn 45: Murzzuschlal | . |
. | 24 Mar 46: Disbanded when 1/4 Bn arrived in Austria, personnel absorbed by 1/4 Bn | . |
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. | 5th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 53rd LAA Regt RA | . |
1945.05.08 | Italy: Forli | 8th Army |
. | Late May 45: Udine | . |
. | July 45: Btys moved to Rome, Bologna, Rimini and Florence | . |
. | Sep 45: Milan area | . |
. | May 46: Udine; relieved of all duties | . |
. | ??: Disbanded | . |
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. | 57th LAA Regt RA - sister to 53rd Regt | . |
1945.05.08 | Greece | . |
. | ??: Disbanded soon after war ended | . |
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. | 7th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 149th Regiment RAC | . |
1945.08 | India | . |
. | 28 Feb 46: Disbanded at Ahmednagar | . |
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. | 8th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry - 94th LAA Regt RA | . |
1945.05.08 | Germany: near Lubeck | Guards Armoured Division |
. | 9 Jan 1946: Disbanded at Stolberg | . |
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