South Wales Borderers

Dates Locations Higher Formation/Remarks
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. 1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers .
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1944.10 England: Vinters Camp, Maidstone 61 Division
1945.10 Palestine: Haifa .
1946.04 Cyprus: Famagusta (1 Coy at Waynes Keep, Nicosia) .
1949.03 Sudan: Khartoum: (Coys at Gebeit and Asmara) .
1950.01.04 Eritrea: Asmara Occupation force
. 1951: Airport Camp, Eritrea .
. 16 Sep 52: left Eritrea .
1952.10 Wales: RA Practice Camp, Sennybridge .
1953.01 Germany: Charles Barracks, Brunswick 91 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1955.07 Wales: Dering Lines, Brecon .
1955.12 Malaya: Tampin 26 Gurkha Brigade
1957.06 Singapore: Selerang Barracks .
. Feb 58: Sailed from Singapore .
1958.05 Wales: Dering Lines, Brecon .
1959.06 Germany: Clifton Barracks, Minden 11 Infantry Brigade Group
1962.11 England: Norton Barracks, Worcester .
1963.11 Hong Kong: Stanley Fort .
1966.06 England: Lee Metford Camp, Lydd .
. Jan - Sep 67: Aden .
. Jan - Aug 67: Botswana: (1 Coy detached to guard the BBC radio transmitter) .
. 11 Jun 69: Amalgamated at Cardiff Castle with 1st Bn The Welch Regiment to form 1st Bn The Royal Regiment of Wales (24th/41st Foot) .
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. 2nd Battalion, The South Wales Borderers .
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1944.08 NW Europe 49 Infantry Division
1945 Germany: .
. Aug 46: Harding Barracks, Wuppertal .
1946.11 England: Woodfarm Camp, Malvern .
. 16 Apr 47: Battalion lapsed into suspended animation .
. 31 May 48: officially disbanded at Brecon .
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