1^st Battalion

Belize.

April

Returns to Canterbury.

Territorial Army

6^th/7^th Battalion

16^th July

Presentation of new Colours at Ardingly, West Sussex, by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk.

1^st Battalion

Canterbury. One company to Gibraltar.

July

Runs Army Rifle Championships at Bisley.

November

Moves to Omagh, Northern Ireland, for internal security operations. Joins 8 Infantry Brigade.

1^st Battalion

Omagh, Northen Ireland.

1^st Battalion

Omagh, Northern Ireland.

31^st March

Band lost; subsumed into Regimental Bands of The Queen’s Regiment; formation parade at Londonderry. (Albuhera and Quebec Bands).

1^st Battalion

Omagh, Northern Ireland.

1^st April

Moves to Gibraltar.

1^st Battalion

Gibraltar.

Territorial Army

5^th (Volunteer) Battalion

Kingston platoon of A Company transferred to 6^th/7^th Battalion.

6^th/7^th (Volunteer) Battalion

New B Company raised at Brighton; existing B Company at Edgware transferred to 8^th Battalion; Camberwell platoon of D Company raised to Company strength and transferred to 8^th Battalion. Kingston platoon of A Coy 5^th Queen’s transferred to D Company, and Cobham re-opened. Battalion deployment now Bn HQ and HQ Company, Horsham; A Company, Farnham; B Company, Brighton; C Company, Crawley; D Company, Sutton, Cobham and Kingston.

6^th/7^th (Volunteer) Battalion

1^st April

Battalion formed with Bn HQ and HQ Company at Clapham; A Company at Camberwell; B Company at Edgware; C Company at Balham.

1^st Battalion

Gibraltar.

January

Moves to Tidworth, England. Joins 1 Infantry Brigade (UK Mobile Force).

June

Moves to South Armagh, Northern Ireland, for internal security operations.

October

Returns to Tidworth.

1^st Battalion

Tidworth.

September

Queen Margrethe II visits the battalion whilst on exercise in Denmark.

December

Queen Margrethe II again visits the battalion, in Tidworth.

1^st Battalion

Tidworth and USA.

October

Moves to Belfast for internal security operations.

1^st Battalion

February

Returns to Tidworth.

General

Options for Change Defence Review.

1^st Battalion

January

Moves to Minden, West Germany. Joins 11 Armoured Brigade (4^th Armoured Division).

As a result of the Options for Change Defence Review The Queen's Regiment was amalgamated with The Royal Hampshire Regiment to form The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) (PWRR)

The 1^st Battalion was disbanded at Minden, West Germany, the 2^nd Battalion held a final reunion at Canterbury and the 3^rd Battalion disbanded in Cyprus. The two new regular battalions of The PWRR were formed at Colchester (1^st Bn) and Canterbury (2^nd Bn) The 5^th (V) Bn The Queen's Regiment remained with its BHQ at Canterbury, but rebadged as the 3^rd Bn The PWRR. Further reductions and changes would take place in the Territorial Army in the coming years.