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1959 : The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) formed by amalgamation of The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wale's), and The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)

1994 : amalgamated with The Gloucestershire Regiment to form The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment.

History: 1959 - Present.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (The Wardrobe, Museum site)

 

 

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1st Battalion

1959.06.09 1st Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)
formed by amalgamation of 1st Bn, The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's), and 1st Bn, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
1959.06 England: Isle of Wight
1959.10 England: Tidworth 1 Gds Bde
1959.10.12-13 1st Bn demonstrated new FN rifle on parade
1962.12 Malta
1964.02 (Cyprus)
1964.08 Malta
1966.01 Germany: Minden 11 Bde
1969.06 England: Catterick
1971.04 (Northern Ireland)
1971.05 England: Catterick
1971.07 Berlin Berlin Bde
1973.07 Northern Ireland: Ballykinlar ? Inf Bde
1975.01 England: Shoeburyness 19 Bde?
1976.09 England: Warminster Inf Demo Bn
1978.08 Germany: Osnabrück 2 Armd Div
1979.07 (Northern Ireland)
1979.11 Germany: Osnabrück 2 Armd Div
1982.01 Germany: Osnabrück 12 Armd Bde
1983.01 England: Canterbury (2 or 5 Bde)
1983.06 (Northern Ireland)
1983.10 Canterbury
1984.12 (Cyprus) United Nations
1985.06 England: Canterbury
1985.11 Northern Ireland: Aldergrove ? Inf Bde
1988.02 Hong Kong
1990.07 England: Catterick 24 Airmobile Bde
1990.12 (Northern Ireland)
1991.05 England: Catterick 24 Airmobile Bde
1993.03 (Northern Ireland)
1993.09 England: Catterick 19 Mech Bde
1994.07.27 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Gloucestershire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment


 


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