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created 1 March 2001. Corrected and updated 18.05.2006
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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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| 1688.11.20 |
Francis
Luttrell's Regiment of Foot raised at Exeter |
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| 1688 | England | ||
| 1692 | Flanders | ||
| 1696 | England | ||
| 1697 | Flanders | ||
| 1697 | England | ||
| 1698 | England | ||
| 1699 | Ireland | ||
| 1702 | Spanish coast | service as marines | |
| 1703 | West Indies | service as marines | |
| 1704 | Ireland | ||
| 1705 | England | ||
| 1707 | Flanders | ||
| 1714 | England | ||
| 1715 | Ireland | ||
| 1719 | Spanish coast | ||
| 1719 | Ireland | ||
| 1727 | England | ||
| 1731 | Ireland | ||
| 1739 | Scotland | ||
| 1741 | Flanders | ||
| 1745 | England | ||
| 1746 | Flanders | ||
| 1748 | England | ||
| 1749 | Gibraltar | ||
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1751.07.01 |
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| 1752 | England | ||
| 1756.08.25 | 1st
Battalion, 19th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on raising of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1756 | England | ||
| 1758.04.21 | 19th
Regiment of Foot redesignated on conversion of 2nd Bn as 66th Regiment of Foot |
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| 1761 | French coast: Belleisle | ||
| 1761 | England | ||
| 1763 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1771 | England | ||
| 1775 | Ireland | ||
| 1781 | at sea (embarked at Cork) | ||
| 1781.06 | South Carolina: Charleston | ||
| 1781 | American revolution: southern campaign | ||
| 1782.12 | West Indies: St. Croix & Antigua | ||
| 1783 | St. Lucia | ||
| 1783 | St. Lucia | ||
| 1791 | England | ||
| 1793 | Flanders | ||
| 1793 | England | ||
| 1794 | Flanders | ||
| 1795 | England | ||
| 1795.08 | France: Brittany | ||
| 1795.08 | England | ||
| 1796 | India: Madras | ||
| 1799 | Mysore war | ||
| 1800? | Ceylon | ||
| 1803 | Kandian war | ||
| 1803 | Ceylon | ||
| 1809.01 | Travancore rebellion | ||
| 1809.02 | India | ||
| 1810.12 | Mauritius (4 coys) | ||
| 1811? | Ceylon? | ||
| 1815 | Kandian war | ||
| 1818 | Ceylon | ||
| 1820 | England | ||
| 1821 | Ireland | ||
| 1826 | West Indies | ||
| 1836 | Ireland | ||
| 1840 | Malta | ||
| 1843 | Ionian Islands | ||
| 1845 | West Indies | ||
| 1848 | Canada | ||
| 1851 | England | ||
| 1854 | Crimea | ||
| 1856 | England | ||
| 1857 | India | ||
| 1857 | Sepoy rebellion | ||
| 1858.03.09 | 1st
Battalion, 19th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1858 | India | ||
| 1868 | Black Mountain expedition | Hazara Field Force | |
| 1868 | India | ||
| 1871 | England | ||
| 1877 | Bermuda | ||
| 1881 | Nova Scotia: Halifax | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) | ||
| 1885 | Malta | ||
| 1885 | Sudan | ||
| 1888 | Cyprus | ||
| 1889 | England: Portsmouth | ||
| 1892 | Jersey | ||
| 1895 | Ireland: Curragh | ||
| 1897 | Ireland: Dublin | ||
| 1898 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1899.10 | South Africa | 10 Bde | |
| 1902 | 1st Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) | ||
| 1902 | England: Sheffield | ||
| 1904 | England: Aldershot | ||
| 1908 | Egypt | ||
| 1910 | Sudan | ||
| 1912 | India: Sialkot | ||
| 1914 | Rawalpindi | ||
| 1914.08 | India | ||
| 1919 | Afghanistan | ||
| 1919 | Palestine | ||
| 1920 | India: Madras | ||
| 1921.01.01 | 1st Battalion, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment) | ||
| 1922 | Secunderabad | ||
| 1925 | Egypt | ||
| 1926 | England: Strensall | ||
| 1927 | Shanghai | ||
| 1928 | England: Aldershot | 1 Bde | |
| 1933 | Portsmouth | ||
| 1936 | Malta | ||
| 1938 | Palestine | ||
| 1939 | England: Catterick | ||
| 1939.10.06 | France & Belgium | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div, BEF | |
| 1940.04.16 | UK | ||
| 1940.04.23 | Norway | 15 Bde, Sickleforce | |
| 1940.05.06 | UK | ||
| 1942.03.17 | at sea | ||
| 1942.05.20 | India | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1942.09.12 | at sea | ||
| 1942.09.21 | Iraq | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1942.11.12 | Persia | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1943.02.06 | Iraq & Palestine | in transit | |
| 1943.03.14 | Egypt | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1943.04.14 | Syria | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1943.06.05 | Egypt | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1943.06.29 | at sea | ||
| 1943.07.10 | Sicily | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1943.09.03 | Italy | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1944.06.19 | at sea | ||
| 1944.06.25 | Egypt & Palestine & Syria | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1945.02.24 | at sea | ||
| 1945.03.03 | NW Europe: Germany | 15 Bde, 5 Inf Div | |
| 1945 | UK | ||
| 1947 | Sudan | ||
| 1949.08 | Malaya | ||
| 1952.12 | England: Barnard Castle | ||
| 1953 | Germany: Minden | 61 Bde, 6 Div | |
| 1956 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1959.06 | Germany: Iserlohn | 5 Bde | |
| 1962.04 | Germany: ? | ||
| 1963 | Libya | ||
| 1966 | England: Colchester | 19 Bde | |
| 1968 | (British Honduras) | ||
| 1968 | England: Colchester | 19 Bde | |
| 1969.11 | Germany: Minden | 11 Bde | |
| 1970.06 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1970.09 | Germany: Minden | 11 Bde | |
| 1971.07 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1971.11 | England: Dover? | ||
| 1972.10 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1973.02 | Dover? | ||
| 1974.01 | England: Chester |
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| 1974.05 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1974.09 | England: Chester | ||
| 1975.04 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1974.08 | England: Chester | 42 Bde | |
| 1976.04 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1976.05 | England: Chester | 42 Bde | |
| 1976 | Berlin | Berlin Bde | |
| 1978.09 | Northern Ireland: Aldergrove | ? Inf Bde | |
| 1980.03 | England: Catterick | 5 Field Force | |
| 1982.01 | England: Catterick | 24 Inf Bde | |
| 1983.01 | Germany: Osnabrück | 12 Armd Bde | |
| 1985.06 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1985.11 | Germany: Osnabrück | 12 Armd Bde | |
| 1987.04 | Northern Ireland: Londonderry | 8 Inf Bde | |
| 1988.11 | England: Catterick | 24 Airmobile Bde | |
| 1989 | (Falkland Islands) | ||
| 1990 | England: Catterick | 24 Airmobile Bde | |
| 1993.03 | England: Catterick | 19 Mech Bde | |
| 1992.08 | (Northern Ireland) | ||
| 1993.01 | England: Catterick | 19 Mech Bde | |
| 1994.07 | Germany: Osnabrück | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 1996.10 | (Bosnia) | ||
| 1997.02 | Germany: Osnabrück | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 1999.02 | Macedonia (B Coy) | ||
| 1999.06.12 | (Kosovo) (B Coy) | ||
| 1999.09? | Germany: Osnabrück | 7 Armd Bde | |
| 2000.03 | England: Warminster |
Inf Demo Bn |
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| 2002.04 | Northern Ireland: Ballykelly | ||
| 2004.02 | England: Chepstow (Beachley Barracks) | 160 Bde | |
| 2004.04 | (Afghanistan) | ||
| 2004. | England: Chepstow (Beachley Barracks) | 160 Bde | |
| 2006.06.06 | 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (14th/15th, 19th, and 33rd/76th Foot) (Green Howards) | ||
| 2006 | (Bosnia/Kosovo) | Op Oculus | |
| 2006 | England: Chepstow (Beachley Barracks) | 160 Bde | |
| 2007 | England: Weeton | ||
