Authors and Contributors this page: Graham Watson, T.F. Mills
Page created 1 July 2002. Corrected and updated 17.05.2006
1st Battalion,
Coldstream Guards
1656-present
United Kingdom  
Note:This is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental page for full lineage and other information.
Colour Key
Lineage
War service
Overseas service
Home service
 
   
  1656 George Monck's Regiment
       
     
       
  1776.02.13 each coy found 15 men for composite Brigade of Guards for service in North America
       
     
       
       
  1793 Flanders
  1795 Germany: Bremen
  England
  1800 Spanish coast
  1800 Mediterranean
  1801 Egypt
  1802? Malta
  1802? England
  1802 England
  1805.10.29 at sea
  1805.11.17 Hanover: Cuxhaven
  1805.11. North Germany
  1806.02.15 at sea
  1806.02 England
  1807 Denmark: Copenhagen
  1807 England
  1809.01 Spain
  1809 Peninsular war
  1814.04 France
  1814.07.28 England
  1827 Portugal
  1828 England
  1854 Crimea
  1855 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
1856 England
  1881 Ireland: Dublin
  1882 London: Wellington Barracks
  1884 London: Chelsea
  1885 Sudan (Suakin expedition)
  1886 London: Wellington Barracks
  1890 Ireland: Dublin
  1893 England: Windsor
  1895 London: Wellington Barracks
  1896 London: Tower
  1899.03 Gibraltar
  1899.11 at sea ship: Malta
  1899.11.16 South Africa 1 Inf Bde(Gds)
  1900.04 South Africa 1 Inf Bde(Gds), 9 Div
  1902 England: Aldershot
  1903 England: Windsor
  1904 London: Wellington Barracks
  1906 London: Chelsea
  1908 England: Aldershot
  1919 England: Windsor
  1911 London: Wellington Barracks
  1911.06.29 Coronation of George V: street lining
  1912 London: Chelsea
  1914 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
  1914.08 France and Flanders 1 Div
  1915.08 France and Flanders Gds Div
  1919 England: Warley
  1921 London
  1924 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
  1930 London: Wellington Barracks
  1931 Egypt
  1933 England: Warley
  1934 England: Aldershot 1 Bde
  1936 London: Wellington Barracks
  1938 London: Chelsea 7 Bde
  1939.09 France & Belgium 3 Inf Div
  1940.06 UK
  1941.10.21 1st (Armoured) Battalion, Coldstream Guards
converted to tanks
  1941.09 UK Gds Armd Div
  1944.06 NW Europe Gds Armd Div
  1945.06.11 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards
converted back to infantry
  1946 London  
1948.02 Palestine 1 Gds Bde
1950.07 London  
  1951.01   32 Gds Bde, 3 Div
1952 (Egypt: Canal Zone)
1954 England: Tidworth 2 Inf Bde
1956.11 London
1960 England: Lydd  
1961.11 London  
1962.10 (West Indies)
1963.07 London
1964 (Libya)
1964. London
  1964.07 Germany: Iserlohn 4 Gds Bde
1965.10 (Aden) Aden Bde
  1966.04 Germany: Iserlohn 4 Gds Bde
1967.02 London
1967.12 England: Tidworth ACE
1970.12 (Northern Ireland)
1971.04 England: Tidworth ACE
  1971.05 London  
1971.10 (Northern Ireland)
1972.02 London  
1972.07 (Northern Ireland)
1972.09 London  
1972.10 Berlin Berlin Bde
1975.05 London
1975.10 (Northern Ireland)
1976.03 London
1977.11 Germany: Fallingbostel 1 Armd Div
1978.10 (Northern Ireland)
1979.02 Fallingbostel 1 Armd Div
1981.01 London
1982.11 (Northern Ireland)
1983.01 London
  1984.07 Falkland Islands
  1984.11 London
  1986.02 Hong Kong
  1988.02 London
  1988.09 (Northern Ireland)
  1989.01 London
1991.11 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1991 (Persian Gulf)
1991 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
  1992.07 (Northern Ireland)
  1992.12 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1993.10 (Bosnia)
1994.05 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
  1996.04 (Northern Ireland)
  1996.11 Germany: Münster 4 Armd Bde
1998.02 London
  1999.06 (Northern Ireland)
  1999.12 London
  2001.02 Northern Ireland: Londonderry
  2003.02 London (Pirbright Barracks) 12 Mech Bde
  2003.09 Aldershot (Lille Barracks) 12 Mech Bde
2005.04 Iraq: Basra 12 Mech Bde
2005.10 Aldershot (Lille Barracks) 12 Mech Bde
  2006.03 Windsor