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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)
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.
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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 1948Jul 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 MalayaJul 1981: Germany: Lemgo 4 Armd Div August 7th 1957: Disembarked at Southampton from Singapore.
Moved to LichfieldJan 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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Originally Posted by LightOrder
Yea when I joined on 76 they were in tidworth fine till the green jackets moved in next door
Green jackets, " Black hand Gang"...
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