• Deployment

    Deployments 


    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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