| 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 |
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| Feb 1985: (Falkland Islands) |
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| Aug 1985: England: Tern Hill 143 Bde |
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| Jun 1986: (Northern Ireland) |
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| Sep 1986: Tern Hill 143 Bde |
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| May 1987: Northern Ireland: Ballykinlar 3 Inf Bde |
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| Sep 1989: Berlin Berlin Bde |
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| Aug 1992: England: Tidworth Garrison |
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| May 1993: (Northern Ireland) |
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| Nov 1993: England: Tidworth Garrison |
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| ?? 1994: Brawdy 160 Bde |
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| Mar 1995: (Bosnia) |
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| Sep 1995: Brawdy 160 Bde |
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| Aug 1995: Chepstow 160 Bde |
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| Oct 1998: Northern Ireland: Ballykelly 8 Inf Bde |
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| Aug 2000: England: Tern Hill 143 Bde |
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| ?? 2000 Sierra Leone IMATT |
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| ?? 2000 England: Tern Hill 143 Bde |
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| Jun 2001: (Northern Ireland) |
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| Dec 2001: England: Tern Hill |
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| Aug 2002: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde |
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| Apr 2004: (Iraq): Az Zubayr 1 Mech Bde |
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| Nov 2004: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde |
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| Sep 2005: (Northern Ireland - last emergency tour by the Army to NI |
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| Jan 2006: England: Aldershot (Mons Barracks) 12 Mech Bde |
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| 01 Mar 2006 1st Battalion, The Royal Welsh (The Royal Welch Fusiliers) |
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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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