Royal Sussex Regiment

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment .
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1944.11.03 Greece 7 Indian Inf Bde, 4 Indian Inf Div
1945.06 Austria 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1946.04 Trieste: Sistiana Barracks POW & Border duties
1946 Greece AMFOGE
1947.06 Palestine: Quastina 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1948.02 Egypt: Gothic Camp, Canal Zone .
1948.06 England: Old Park Barracks, Dover .
. 15 Sept 48: amalgamated with 2nd Battalion .
1949.06 Egypt: Hodgson's Camp, Suez, Canal Zone 8 Infantry Brigade
. Feb - Jul 50: Jordan, Aqaba .
. 1951: Egypt: Kantara, Gibana, El Ballah, Tewfik, Fayid, Kafr Abu, Ismallia, Shandur, Canal Zone 3 Infantry Brigade
. Oct 51: Part 17 Infantry Brigade 17 Infantry Brigade
1953.03 England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth .
1954.04 Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1956.04 England: Warley Barracks, Brentford .
1956.08 Korea: Kohima Camp Commonwealth Contingent
. 27 Jul 57: Last British battalion to leave .
1957.08 Gibraltar .
. May - Oct 58: Benghazi, Libya; from where it could protect King Idris in his palace in Tobruk In HMS Cumberland
1959.04 England: Hobbs Barracks, Lingfield and Napier Barracks, Shorncliffe .
1959.10 Northern Ireland: Palace Barracks, Holywood .
1961.10 England: Napier Barracks, Shorncliffe .
. 1962?: Greece: A coy with 1 Middlesex .
. Sep - Oct 63: Chelsea, Barracks London Public Duties
1964.01 Malta: St Andrews Barracks .
. Oct - Nov 64: Libya: Tarhuna Bks & Tripoli, St Barbara Camp, Timni Desert Training
. Libya: A Company (enemy for Sandhurst cadets) .
. Italy: B Company (8th Bersaglieri) .
. Sardinia: B Company (with 1 DERR) .
. Apr 65 - Oct 65: Aden: Radfan Camp Aden Brigade
1966.01 England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd .
. Mar - Apr 66: Northern Ireland, Ballykinlar Camp (Hutted) Trg & 39 Bde reserve
1966.06 Germany: Stornoway Barracks, Lemgo 20 Armoured Brigade
. 31 Dec 66: Renamed 3rd Battalion, The Queen's Regiment (Royal Sussex) upon formation of a "large" regiment from the Home Counties Brigade .
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. 2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment .
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1945 Persia .
1946 Malta .
. 15 Sept 48: amalgamated with 1st Battalion .
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