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1st Battalion
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| From | To | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1854 | -- | XXth Regiment - The Battle of Inkerman |
| 1881 | 1885 | England |
| 1885 | 1889 | |
| 1889 | 1891 | |
| 1891 | 1893 | Belfast, Ireland |
| 1893 | 1897 | Curragh, Ireland |
| 1897 | 1899 | England |
| 1899 | 1902 | |
| 1902 | Apr 1906 | |
| May 1906 | Nov 1906 | |
| 1906 | 1907 | |
| 1907 | 1911 | |
| 1912 | 1914 | Aden |
| 04 Aug 1914 | 1918 | Stationed at Karachi, India then moved to Aden, Yemen |
| Dec 1914 | 1918 | Embarked for England arriving at Avonmouth in 02/01/1915 and moved to Nuneaton to join the 86th Brigade of the 29th Division. |
| 16 Mar 1915 | 1918 | Embarked for Gallipoli via Alexandria and Mudros |
| 25 Apr 1915 | 1918 | Landed at Gallipoli and the Division engaged in actions at the Battles for Krithia and the Achi Baba heights on the Gallipoli Peninsula |
| 02 Jan 1916 | 1918 | Evacuated to Egypt due to the severe casualties from combat disease and harsh weather |
| Mar 1916 | 1918 | Embarked for France landing at Marseilles on the 29 Mar 1916 and the Division engaged in various actions on the Western Front including; The Battle of Albert The Battle of the Transloy Ridges |
| 1917 | 1918 | The First Battle of the Scarpe The Second and Third Battles of the Scarpe |
| 1917 | 1918 | The Battle of Langemarck The Battle of Broodseinde The Battle of Poelcapelle |
| 1917 | 1918 | The Battle of Cambrai |
| 1918 | 1918 | The Battle of Estaires The Battle of Messines The Battle of Hazebrouck |
| 1918 | 1918 | The Battle of Bailleul The Action of Outtersteene Ridge The capture of Ploegsteert and Hill 63 The Battle of Ypres The Battle of Courtrai |
| 11 Nov 1918 | 1918 | Ended the war in Belgium Moen SE of Courtrai |
| 1914 | 1918 |
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| 1919 | 1920 | Marne Barracks Blackdown England |
| 1920 | 1922 | |
| 1922 | 1926 | |
| 1926 | 1928 | |
| 1928 | 1929 | |
| 1929 | 1930 | Gibraltar |
| 1930 | 1933 | |
| 1933 | 1935 | |
| 1936 | 1938 | |
| 1938 | 1944 | |
| 1939 | 1945 | |
| 1945 | 1948 | |
| 1948 | 1950 | |
| 1950 | 19th Oct 1952 | |
| 20th Oct 1952 | 21st Aug 1953 | |
| 22nd Aug 1953 | 27th Nov 1953 | leave and refit Barnard Castle, UK |
| 28th Nov 1953 | 1956 | |
| 1956 | 1957 |
"Strensall York Ghost posting preparing for Suez posting which was aborted 31st of January 1957 train to
Southampton the ship sailed on the 1st of February arriving Cyprus on the 10th February at Limassolwaiting
for the buses the local orchard was somehow cleaned out totally"
The dates are from my personal dairy -Alan Taylor |
| 1957 Feb | 1960 | |
| 1960 | 1964 | Osnabruck, Germany |
| Feb 1964 | 1965 | Worcester, England |
| 1965 Jan | 1965 | British Guiana |
| 1965 Oct | 1967 | |
| 1967 | 1968 | Hong Kong |
| 1968 Apr | 1969 |