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[jones20]

Couple of questions I left Lemgo in 79 by the time the battalion left had they finished work on all the barracks blocks
I seem to recall that only two had been completed by the time I left.

Second question just generally what have been the Battalions postings since Lemgo (not company postings)

[LightOrder]

No answer to this at the moment I am afraid, although I have some Vague memory of the Bn, being in Tidworth in the late 70s? Reminds me of when we were in Honiton in the wooden huts which were falling to bits, as soon as the Bn. started to gear up to move to Hong Kong they started doing them up ready for the Asians that were being turfed out of Uganda by Idi Armin.

[Bob Bacon]

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1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers
2nd Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers


1881 India: Dum Dum
1881 England: Plymouth


1885 Burma
1883 Ireland: Templemore


1887 India: Lucknow
1885 Fermoy


1891 Hazara expedition
1887 Galway


1892 Bengal
1889 Curragh


1894 Nowshera
1891 North Wales


1896 Aden
1892 England: Aldershot


1897 England: Devonport
1896 Malta


Nov 1899 South Africa 6 Bde
1898 Crete


1903 England: Lichfield
1899 Hong Kong


1905 England: Aldershot
1900 China: Tientsin, Beijing


1907 Ireland: Cork
1900 Hong Kong


1910 Ireland: Dublin
1902 India: Chakratta


1912 England: Portland
1907 Burma: Schwebo


Jan 1914: Malta
1911 India: Quetta


Sep 1914: France and Flanders 7 Div
1914 England: Portland


Nov 1917: Italy 22 Bde, 7 Div
Aug 1914: France and Flanders LofC/BEF


Nov 1918: Italy
May 1915: France and Flanders 27 Div


Oct 1919: India - Lucknow
Aug 1915: France and Flanders 2 Div


1919 Waziristan
Nov 1915: France and Flanders 33 Div


Jan 1922: Landi Kotal
Feb 1918: France and Flanders 38 Div


1925 Sind
Aug 1919: Ireland: Limerick


1926 Multan
Dec 1920: Wales: Pembroke Dock


1927 Deccan
Aug 1925: England: London


1929 Quetta
Nov 1926: Germany


Dec 1930: Sudan
Oct 1929: England: Tidworth 7 Bde


Apr 1932: England: Tidworth
Oct 1931: Gibraltar


1935 Woking 6 Bde
Oct 1934: Hong Kong


1937 England: Aldershot 2 Div (MG Bn)
May 1937: Hong Kong converted to MG battalion


1939 Blackdown 6 Bde
Aug 1937: Shanghai


Sep 1939: France & Belgium 2 Inf Div, BEF
Feb 1938: Sudan


1940.06 UK
Nov 1938: India: Lucknow


Mar 1942: India/Burma
Nov 1940: UK 29 Indep Bde


1945 India
21 Mar 1942: at sea 29 Bde, Force 121


1948 Germany: Hubblerath 4 Bde
22 Apr 1942: South Africa 29 Bde, Force 121


Apr 1949: Berlin
28 Apr 1942: at sea 29 Bde, Force 121


Mar 1950: Germany: Buxtehude 31 Bde
5 May 1942: Madagascar 29 Bde, Force 121


Jan 1951: England: Chester
20 Aug 1942: at sea


Mar 1951: Jamaica: Newcastle
26 Aug 1942: East Africa 29 Bde, Force 121


Mar 1954: England: Swindon
5 Sep 1942: at sea


Aug 1954: Germany: Dortmund 5 Bde
10 Sep 1942: Madagascar 29 Bde, Force 121


Aug 1956: Berlin
16 Oct 1942: at sea 29 Bde


Jan 1958: England: Lichfield
24 Oct 1942: South Africa 29 Bde


Feb 1958: Cyprus
8 Jan 1943: at sea


Dec 1959: England: Bulford
26 Jan 1943: India 36 Inf Div


Dec 1962: Singapore & Bahrain
1944 Burma 36 Inf Div


May 1963: Germany: Iserlohn 5 Bde
1945 India


Apr 1964: Germany: Minden 11 Bde
1946 Japan


Apr 1966: (Cyprus) United Nations
1947 Arrived Singapore from Japan. Moved to Malaya


Nov 1966: Germany: Minden 11 Bde
20 Mar 1948: Arrived Liverpool from Singapore. Moved to Wrexham


Apr 1967: England: Honiton
31 May 1948: Reduced to a cadre of 1 officer and 3 soldiers, then
disbanded. Final ceremony at Buckingham Palace 15th July 1948


Jul 1969: Hong Kong
April 3rd 1952: Re-formed at Tidworth


Mar 1972: Northern Ireland: Londonderry 8 Inf Bde
May 4th 1953: From Tidworth to BAOR (Lüneburg) (note: some parties
moved to Wrexham for Coronation ceremonial-based duties, including
Colour Party, a composite based on A Company, but with representatives
from all companies, the Corps of Drums, Pioneers and Goat. They re-joined
the Battalion in Germany on 22nd July)


Jun 1977: England: Tidworth 8 Field Force
June 2nd 1954: From BAOR to Ogbourne St George, Wiltshire


Jan 1978: Germany: Lemgo 4 Armd Div
[July 23rd 1954 New Colours presented at Wroughton, Swindon
(along with 1st & 4th Bns)]


Nov 1978: (Northern Ireland)
August 11th 1954: Embarked from Southampton bound for Korea


Feb 1980: Germany: Lemgo 4 Armd Div
August 26th 1954: Destination switched to Singapore


Feb 1981: (Northern Ireland)
September 3rd 1954: Disembarked at Singapore and moved
to Malaya


Jul 1981: Germany: Lemgo 4 Armd Div
August 7th 1957: Disembarked at Southampton from Singapore.
Moved to Lichfield


Jan 1982: Lemgo 20 Armd Bde
December 31st 1957: Placed “in suspended animation”


Aug 1982: England: Warminster Inf Demo Bn
Wrexham closed as the Regimental Depot in 1960. Presence in Wrexham
was reduced to 4th Territorial Battalion and RHQ.


Nov 1984: Tern Hill 143 Bde



Feb 1985: (Falkland Islands)



Aug 1985: England: Tern Hill 143 Bde



Jun 1986: (Northern Ireland)



Sep 1986: Tern Hill 143 Bde



May 1987: Northern Ireland: Ballykinlar 3 Inf Bde



Sep 1989: Berlin Berlin Bde



Aug 1992: England: Tidworth Garrison



May 1993: (Northern Ireland)



Nov 1993: England: Tidworth Garrison



?? 1994: Brawdy 160 Bde



Mar 1995: (Bosnia)



Sep 1995: Brawdy 160 Bde



Aug 1995: Chepstow 160 Bde



Oct 1998: Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde



Aug 2000: England: Tern Hill 143 Bde



?? 2000 Sierra Leone IMATT



?? 2000 England: Tern Hill 143 Bde



Jun 2001: (Northern Ireland)



Dec 2001: England: Tern Hill



Aug 2002: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde



Apr 2004: (Iraq): Az Zubayr 1 Mech Bde



Nov 2004: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde



Sep 2005: (Northern Ireland - last emergency tour by the Army to NI



Jan 2006: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde



01 Mar 2006 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers)



On 1st March 2006 the three Welsh infantry regiments combined to form
a new regiment – The Royal Welsh. The new title of the Royal Welch Fusiliers is:

1st Battalion The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers)

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[jones20]

No answer to this at the moment I am afraid, although I have some Vague memory of the Bn, being in Tidworth in the late 70s? Reminds me of when we were in Honiton in the wooden huts which were falling to bits, as soon as the Bn. started to gear up to move to Hong Kong they started doing them up ready for the Asians that were being turfed out of Uganda by Idi Armin.


Yea when I joined on 76 they were in tidworth fine till the green jackets moved in next door

[LightOrder]

Green jackets, " Black hand Gang"...

[jones20]

If you read andy Mcnabs books he mentions that he was in the RGJ that moved into tidworth when we were there must have been that regiment