Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 1st Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | . |
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1945 | Burma | . |
1946 | Thailand: Bangkok | . |
1947 | Singapore: | . |
. | 11 Sept 47: reduced to cadre | . |
. | Dec 47: The Bn, reduced to cadre, was ordered to join the 2nd Battalion in Berlin | . |
1948.09.09 | Reconstituted at Brooke Barracks, Berlin from personnel of 2nd Bn (ie 2nd Bn renamed 1st Bn) | . |
. | 1948/49: Served in Berlin throughout the Berlin Blockade imposed by the Russians | . |
1949.12 | Germany: Aldershot Barracks, Iserlohn | 5 Brigade |
. | 1950: The Bn provided a reinforcement draft of one officer and 135 men for 1 Middlesex in the Korean War | . |
1953.11 | England: | . |
. | Jan 54: Sailed for Far East on 'Georgic' | . |
1954.03 | Malaya: | Relieved 1 Gordons |
1956.04 | Singapore: Selerang Barracks | . |
. | 2 Mar 57: Sailed for Southampton on the troopship HMT "Empire Orwell" | . |
1957.02 | England: | . |
1957.04 | Germany: Mons Barracks, Iserlohn | 5 Brigade |
1959.09 | England: Blenheim Barracks, Bury St Edmunds | . |
. | 14 Oct 59: amalgamated with 1st Bn, The East Surrey Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment | . |
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. | 2nd Battalion, The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) | . |
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1945.05 | India | 36 Infantry Brigade |
1947.08 | Germany: Moore Barracks, Dortmund | 5 Infantry Brigade |
1948.06 | Berlin: Brooke Barracks | . |
. | 9 Sept 48: reduced to nil strength (personnel to reconstitute 1st Bn) (ie 2nd Bn renamed 1st Bn) | . |
. | 21 Nov 48: disbanded | . |
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