Regimental Timeline

1^st Battalion

April

Longstop Hill and peaks battles.

7^th May

Capture of Tunis.

25^th July

Lands at Syracuse, Sicily.

22^nd September

Lands at Tarranto, Italy.

2^nd Battalion

Various stations in Devon and Essex.

February

Moves to Northern Ireland. Various stations in Coleraine and Antrim.

December

Returns to England.

1^st/6^th Battalion

5^th March

Inspected by King George VI. Moves to Scotland.

11^th March

Embarks at Glasgow for North Africa.

April

Sidi Ameur, Djebel Grembil and Djebel Djaffa, Algeria.

May

Tunis.

December

Moves to Egypt.

2^nd/6^th Battalion

March

Malton, Yorks.

4^th July

Uckfield, Sussex.

3^rd October

Hunstanton, Norfolk.

9^th Battalion

Northern Ireland.

June

Manpower posted to other units; battalion disbanded.

10^th Battalion

January

Dovercourt, Essex. Joins 45^th Division.

February

Moves to Northern Ireland.

3^rd (Weybridge), 51^st (Malden), 52^nd, 53^rd (Molesey), 54^th, 55^th, 56^th (Epsom, Ewell and Banstead), 62^nd (Norbury), 63^rd (Richmond), Battalions affiliated.