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. 1st Battalion, Scots Guards .
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1945 Italy .
1945.05 Trieste: Rossetti Barracks .
1947.10 England: Pirbright .
. 1 Apr 47: England: Pirbright: Guards Training Bn
1951.04 England: Colchester 32 Guards Brigade
1951.11 Cyprus .
1952.02 Egypt: Golf Course Camp, Port Said: spent five months at Moascar during this time .
1954.12 England: Wellington Barracks, London .
1956.07 England: Lee-Metford Camp, Lydd 1 Guards Brigade
1957 England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor .
1958.11 Germany: Gort Barracks, Hubblerath 4 Guards Brigade
1960.12 England: Milton Barracks, Gravesend .
1962.06 England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright .
1964.07 Malaya: Terendak Camp, Malacca 28 Commonwealth Brigade
. Jan - May 65: Borneo: Sarawak .
. Sep 65 - Jan 66: Borneo: Tawau in Eastern Sabah .
1967.04 Scotland: Redford Cavalry Barracks, Edinburgh .
1969.02 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
. Feb - Nov 70: Sharjah No 2 Coy 2 Gren Gds att
1971.01 England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright .
. Aug - Dec 71: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Clonard/Ballymurphy) .
1972.10 Germany: Waterloo Barracks, Munster 4 Brigade
. May - Sep 73: Northern Ireland: Armagh .
. Apr - Aug 75: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Falls/Divis/Sandy Row/Unity/Shankhill) .
1976.01 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
. 6 - 15 Aug 77: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Royal Visit) .
. Aug - Dec 78: Northern Ireland: Armagh .
1980.03 Northern Ireland: Alexander Barracks, Aldergrove .
1981.11 Hong Kong: Stanley Fort .
1984.03 England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright .
. Sep 86 - Jan 87: Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Bn .
1988.02 Germany: Campbell Barracks, Hohne 22 Armoured Brigade
. 7 Jun 89 - 18 Oct 89: Northern Ireland: Lisnaskea Incremental Roulement Bn .
. 1991: Deploy to the Gulf on Operation Granby .
. Apr 92 - Nov 92: Northern Ireland: Belfast Roulement Bn .
1993.06 England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor .
. May - Nov 96: Northern Ireland: Armagh .
1998.03 Northern Ireland: Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinlar 39 Infantry Brigade
2000.04 England: Wellington Barracks, London .
. Apr 01 - Nov 01: Northern Ireland: Belfast .
2003.09 Germany: Oxford Barracks, Munster 4 Armoured Brigade
. Nov 04 - May 05: Iraq (Op Telic 5) 4 Armoured Brigade
. Nov 07 - May 08: Iraq (Op Telic 11) 4 Mechanised Brigade
2008.08 England: Bourlon Barracks, Catterick 4 Armoured Brigade
. Apr - Oct 10: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 12) 4 Mechanised Brigade
. Oct 12 - Apr 13: Afghanistan (Op Herrick 17) 4 Mechanized Brigade
2015 England: Mons Barracks, Aldershot .
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. F Company .
1993.11 England: Wellington Barracks, London; Ceremonial company of 100 men formed from the 2nd Battalion for Public Duties and custody of the Colours .
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. 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards .
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1945.03 Germany Guards Armoured Division
1946.12 England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor. .
1947 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
. Aug 48: Chelsea Barracks, London 2 Guards Brigade
. 5 Sep 48: Marched to Waterloo Station for train to Southampton and embarked on Empire Trooper .
1948.10 Malaya: 2 Guards Brigade
. Jul 50: Malaya 18 Infantry Brigade
. 10 Apr 51: Sailed from Singapore .
1951.05 Scotland: Glencorse Barracks, Edinburgh .
1951.11 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
1952 England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor .
1953.07 Germany: Llanelli Barracks, Hubblerath 4 Guards Brigade
. Apr 56: Llanelli Barracks, Hubblerath 4 Guards Brigade Group
1957.02 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
1958.11 England: Moore Barracks, Shorncliffe 1 Guards Brigade
1959.04 England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth 1 Guards Brigade
. Jan 60: England: Tidworth 5 Infantry Brigade
1961.01 England: Wellington Barracks, London .
1962.02 Kenya: 24 Infantry Brigade
. 23 Jan 64 - 24 Jan 64: Uganda (one coy) 24 Infantry Brigade
1964.10 England: Caterham, London .
1966.01 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
1967.01 Germany: Aldershot Barracks, Iserlohn 4th Guards Brigade
1968.03 Germany: Waterloo Barracks, Munster .
1970.03 England: Victoria Barracks, Windsor .
. 29 Jun 70 - 19 Jul 70: Northern Ireland: Belfast and rural area .
. 4 Oct 70: F Coy moved to Hong Kong to join 1st Bn Irish Guards .
. 6 Jan 71: S Coy moved to British Honduras .
. 31 Mar 71: 2nd Bn Company formed and moved to Windsor .
. Aug 71: S Coy moved from British Honduras to Caterham to join 1st Grenadier Guards .
. Jan 72: F Coy moved from Hong Kong to Redford Barracks, Edinburgh .
. Jan 72: 2nd Bn Company moved from Windsor to Redford Barracks, Edinburgh .
1972.01 Battalion reformed at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh .
. Early Feb 72: S Coy moved from Caterham to Redford Barracks, Edinburgh .
. July 72 - Nov 72: Northern Ireland: Londonderry .
1973.02 England: Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright .
. Nov 73 - Mar 74: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Ballymurphy/Springfield) .
. Feb 75 - Aug 75: Belize .
1976.01 Germany: Waterloo Barracks, Munster 4 Armoured Brigade
. Oct 76 - Jan 77: Northern Ireland: Londonderry .
. Jan 77: Germany: Munster 2 Armoured Division
1979.04 England: Chelsea Barracks, London .
. May 80 - Oct 80: Northern Ireland: Belfast (Springfield/Falls) .
. May 82 - July 82: Falkland Islands 5 Infantry Brigade
1984.02 Cyprus: Salamanca Barracks, Episkopi .
1986.02 England: Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow .
. Oct 87 - Feb 88: Northern Ireland: Armagh Roulement Bn .
. Mar 90 - Sept 90: Northern Ireland: Province Reinforcement Bn .
1992.04 Scotland: Redford Barracks, Edinburgh .
1992.11 Scotland: Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh .
. Nov 93: 1 Dec moved to Victoria Barracks, Windsor and merged with 1st Bn and placed in suspended animation, formed "incremental" F Coy (attached to 1st Bn, Grenadier Guards) for Public Duties and custody of the Colours .
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. 3rd Battalion, Scots Guards .
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1945 NW Europe .
. 1945: Germany 6 Guards Tank Brigade
. 17 June 45: converted back to infantry 6 Guards Brigade
. 28 Feb 46: disbanded at Weiden, Germany .
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