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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1741.01.11 | Daniel
Houghton's Regiment of Foot raised at Bristol |
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| 1741 | England | ||
| 1742 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1745 | Canada | ||
| 1748 | Canada | ||
| 1751.07.01 | 45th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1756 | French North America | ||
| 1763 | Newfoundland | ||
| 1765 | Ireland | ||
| 1775.07 | Massachusetts: Boston | ||
| 1775 | American revolution | ||
| 1778? | remnants drafted to other regiments and officers sent home to re-form | ||
| 1778 | England | ||
| 1784 | Ireland | ||
| 1786 | West Indies | ||
| 1794 | England | ||
| 1795 | West Indies | ||
| 1801 | England | ||
| 1802 | Ireland | ||
| 1803 | Ireland | ||
| 1804.08.01 | 1st
Battalion, 45th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1806 | South America | ||
| 1807 | Ireland | ||
| 1808 | Peninsular war | ||
| 1814 | France | ||
| 1814 | Ireland | ||
| 1814 | 45th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon disbandment of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1819 | Ceylon | ||
| 1825 | India | ||
| 1825 | Burma | ||
| 1826 | Burma | ||
| 1832 | India | ||
| 1837 | England | ||
| 1840 | Ireland | ||
| 1843 | South Africa | ||
| 1846 | Kaffir war | ||
| 1847 | South Africa | ||
| 1851 | Kaffir war | ||
| 1853 | South Africa | ||
| 1859 | England | ||
| 1862 | Ireland | ||
| 1864 | India | ||
| 1868 | Abyssinia | ||
| 1868 | India | ||
| 1872 | Burma | ||
| 1875 | India | ||
| 1878.03 | England | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 1st Battalion, The Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) | ||
| 1881 | England: Chatham | ||
| 1882 | Ireland: Athlone | ||
| 1885 | Kilkenny | ||
| 1888 | Limerick | ||
| 1889 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1894 | Ireland: Curragh | ||
| 1898 | Malta | ||
| 1899.12 | South Africa | ||
| 1902 | 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) | ||
| 1902 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1904 | Singapore | ||
| 1906 | India: Bangalore | ||
| 1909 | Secunderabad | ||
| 1912 | Bombay | ||
| 1914.11 | France and Flanders | 8 Div | |
| 1917.11 | Italy | 70 Bde, 23 Div | |
| 1918.09.18 | France and Flanders | 74 Bde, 25 Div | |
| 1919 | Blackdown | ||
| 1920.02 | Germany: Schleswig | monitoring plebiscite | |
| 1920 | Ireland: Skibbareen | ||
| 1922 | Blackdown | 6 Bde | |
| 1925 | Ireland: Ballykinlar | ||
| 1928 | England: Shorncliffe | ||
| 1932 | Lichfield | ||
| 1935 | West Indies | ||
| 1939 | Palestine | ||
| 1940 | Middle East | ME Corps Troops | |
| 1942.01 | North Africa | 70 Inf Div | |
| 1942.02 | North Africa | 1 Armd Bde | |
| 1942.06 | captured by the Germans at Tobruk | ||
| 1943.01 | re-formed in UK by redesignation of 16th Battalion | ||
| 1943.01 | UK | ||
| 1944.04 | UK | 61 Inf Div | |
| 1945 | Germany | ||
| 1948.08.15 | amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title | ||
| 1948 | Germany: Goslar | ||
| 1952 | England | ||
| 1952 | Egypt | ||
| 1953 | Libya: Derna | ||
| 1955 | England | ||
| 1955.06 | Germany: Bad Lippsringe | 33 Armd Bde | |
| 1956.04 | Bad Lippsringe | 11 Bde | |
| 1958.06 | Malaya | ||
| 1960.12 | England: Colchester | ||
| 1963 | Northern Ireland | ||
| 1966 | Germany: Osnabrück | 12 Bde? | |
| 1970 | England: Warminster | ||
| 1970.02.28 | amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Worcestershire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot) | ||
