1st Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
1944.06 NW Europe 71 Infantry Brigade
1945 Germany 13 Infantry Brigade
1946.08 Trieste: Rossetti Barracks 13 Infantry Brigade
1947.01.31 Pola 13 Infantry Brigade
1947.04 Germany: 13 Infantry Brigade
. Dec 47: Germany 4 Armoured Brigade
. Jul 48: Germany: Border Barracks, Gottingen 31 Lorried Infantry Brigade
. 5 Aug 48: amalgamated on the Rhine with 2nd Battalion without change of title .
1949.05 England: UK Depot Bn .
1949.08? Eritrea:?? .
1951 Cyprus 2 Infantry Brigade
1951.10 Egypt: Canal Zone 2 Infantry Brigade
1953 England: .
1953.07 Germany: Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck 61 Lorried Infantry Brigade
1956: Belfast Barracks, Osnabruck 21 Indep Infantry Brigade Group
1956.07 England:
1956.08 Cyprus: Nicosia (moved into a newly made camp) 50 Infantry Brigade
. Dec 56: Cyprus: Gibraltar Camp, Limassol .
1958.11? England: Tidworth? .
. 7th Nov 58: Renamed 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) .
. . .
. 2nd Battalion, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
. . .
1944.06 NW Europe 6 Airborne Division
1945 England: 6 Air-Landing Brigade
. May – Aug 45: Norway 6 Air-Landing Brigade
1945.10 Palestine: 6 Air-Landing Brigade
. 1946: Palestine 31 Infantry Brigade
1947.03 UK: .
. 5th Aug 1945: amalgamated on the Rhine with 1st Battalion
1st Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1945.03 Italy 6 Armoured Division
1945 Austria .
1945.09.16 Italy .
1947 England: Bn HQ and HQ went Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot,
A and D Coys to Bramley, near Basingstoke and B and C Coys to Bordon .
. 1947: Converted back to infantry .
1948.02 England: Barton Stacey Basic Training role
1951.01 Germany: Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager 33 Armoured Brigade
1955.06 England: Tidworth .
1955.09 Libya: East and West Barracks, Derna 10 Armoured Division
. 27th Oct 55 – Jan 56: Sharjah (C Coy) .
. Jan – Mar 56: Sharjah (D Coy) .
. Mar – May 56: Bahrain (D Coy) joined by a 2nd Coy .
. Dec 57: Libya: Gialo Barracks, Tripoli .
. 7th Nov 58: Renamed 2nd Green Jackets (The King’s Royal Rifle Corps) .
2nd Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1945 Germany
1945 UK .
1945.10.27 Libya: Gialo Barracks, Tripoli .
1946.10 Egypt .
1946.11 Palestine .
1948.05 Egypt .
1948.06 England: Barton Stacey Joined 1st Battalion
11th Sep 48: Disbanded at Barton Stacey .
1951.03.01 Began reforming at Winchester .
1951.03 England: Winchester .
1951.10 England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth .
1952.03 Germany: Oxford Barracks, Munster 20 Armoured Brigade
1956.12 England: Assaye Barracks, Tidworth .
. 31st Dec 57: Disbanded (PSA)
1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
. . .
1944.06 NW Europe 22 Armoured Brigade
1945 Germany: Gluckstadt 22 Armoured Brigade
Jan 1947: Germany: Osnabruck 7 Armoured Brigade
1947.12 Germany: Elizabeth Barracks, Minden 7 Armoured Brigade
1951.04 Germany: Trenchard Barracks, Celle 7 Armoured Brigade
1953.10 England: Bulford .
Sailed from Liverpool on the Georgic .
1954.11 Kenya 39 Infantry Brigade
1956.06 Malaya 18 Infantry Brigade
Aug 56: Wardieburn Camp, Kuala Lumpur .
1957.10 England: Tidworth .
.7th Nov 58: Renamed 3rd Green Jackets (The Rifle Brigade) .
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2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
. . .
1944.04 Italy 6 Armoured Division
1945.05 Austria .
1945 Germany: Buxtehude? .
1947: Germany: Buxtehude? Hamburg Sub Area
11th Sept 48: disbanded.
1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets Postings
1966 to 1967
Germany, Berlin
1967 to 1970
UK, Tidworth
1967 to 1968
United Nations Tour Cyprus
1969
Northern Ireland
(Province Wide)
1970 to 1974
Germany, Celle
1971
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1972
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1973
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1974 to 1978
UK, Dover
1974 to 1975
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
1976
Cyprus, United Nations / ESBA
1977
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1978 to 1980
Hong Kong
1980 to 1981
UK Hounslow
1981
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
1981 to 1983
Northern Ireland, Aldergrove
Ops Province wide
1983 to 1987
UK, Tidworth
1984 to 1985
Falkland Islands
1986
Northern Ireland
Ops Province wide
1987 to 1992
Germany, Osnabrùck
1987
Northern Ireland, Armagh
1990 to 1991
1st Gulf War (Coy)
1991 to 1992
Northern Ireland,Tyrone
25th of July 1992
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Green Jackets merged into two battalions.
2 RGJ and 3 RGJ Battalions re-designated as 1 RGJ and 2RGJ, Battalions
1 RGJ
1992 to 1993
Northern Ireland, Omagh
Ops Province wide
1993 to 1996
Cyprus, Dhekelia
1994
Falklands (Coy)
1995
Falklands (Coy)
1996 to 1999
UK, Bulford
1996
Bosnia
1999 to 2002
Northern Ireland, Belfast
Ops Province wide
2002 to 2007
UK Weeton
2001
Sierre Leone
2002
1992 to 1993
N.I Omagh
Ops Province wide
1993 to 1996
Cyprus, Dhekelia
1994
Falklands (Coy)
1995
Falklands (Coy)
1996 to 1999
UK Bulford
1996
Bosnia
1999 to 2002
Northern Ireland, Belfast
Ops Province wide
2002 to 2007
UK Weeton
2001
Sierre Leone
2002
Northern Ireland, Belfast
2003
Iraq
2004
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
2005
Kosovo
2006
Iraq
2003
Iraq
2004
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
2005
Kosovo
2006
Iraq
2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets Postings
1966 to 1967
Malaya Penang
1966
Borneo
1967 to 1971
Germany Munster
1971 to 1973
Northern Ireland, BallyKelly
Ops Province wide
1973 to 1975
UK, Catterick
1973 to 1974
Belize
1974
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
1974 to 1975
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1975 to 1977
Gibraltar
1977 to 1979
UK, Tidworth
1977 to 1978
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
1979
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
1980 to 1986
Germany Minden
1981 to 1982
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1985 to 1986
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1986 to 1988
UK, Warminster
1988 to 1991
UK, Dover
1989
Northern Ireland, Fermanagh
1991
1st Gulf War (Band)
1991 to 1992
Northern Ireland, Omagh
Ops Province wide
25th of July 1992
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Green Jackets merged into two battalions.
2 RGJ and 3 RGJ Battalions re-designated as 1 RGJ and 2RGJ, Battalions.
3rd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets Postings
1966 to 1967
UK, Felixstowe
1966
Borneo
1967 to 1968
Germany, Iserlohn
1968 to 1970
Germany, Celle
1970 to 1971
UK, Tidworth
1971
3RGJ reduced
to representative
Company
UK, Netheravon
1971
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1972
3RGJ reformed
1972 to 1975
Shoeburyness
1972
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1973
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1974
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1975 to 1977
Germany, Berlin
1977 to 1978
UK, Caterham
1978 to 1979
Northern Ireland, Londonderry
Ops Province wide
1979 to 1982
UK, Oakington
1980
Cyprus (United Nations)
1982 to 1987
Germany, Celle
1984 to 1985
Northern Ireland, Belfast
1987 to 1989
UK, Colchester
1987 to 1988
Falkland Islands (Coy)
1988 to 1991
Gibraltar
1989 to 1990
Northern Ireland, (Platoons)
1991 to 1992
Northern Ireland, South Armagh
25th of July 1992
The 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions of the Royal Green Jackets merged into two battalions.
2 RGJ and 3 RGJ Battalions re-designated as 1 RGJ and 2RGJ, Battalions.
2RGJ
1992 to 1995
UK Dover
1995-1997
Northern Ireland, Belfast
Ops Province wide
1997-2001
Germany, Paderborn
1999 to 2000
Kosovo
2001
Bosnia
2001 to 2003
UK, Warminster
2003 to 2005
Northern Ireland, Ballykinler
Ops Province wide
2005 to 2007
UK, Bulford
1st of February 2007
Formation of
The Rifles
1st and 2nd Royal Green Jackets redesignated 2 and 4 RIFLES
Sourced from a picture taken by MAP
in The Royal Green Jackets ( RIFLES) Museum
November 2014