Fact Sheet No. C3
1st Battalion The Welch Regiment - Locations 1881-1969

2 April 1881 - December 1882 Durban, Natal, South Africa
December 1882 - May 1886 Pietermaritzburg and Zululand (3 companies detached in Mauritius between 7 November 1882 - 9 May 1886)
31 May 1886 Egypt and Suakin
21 July 1889 - September 1889 Gemaizah
September 1889 - November 1893 Malta
24 November 1893 Pembroke Dock, Cardiff then Plymouth
- 4 November 1899 Aldershot
26 November 1899 Port Elizabeth, South Africa
26 November 1899 - 12 January 1900 Rensburg and Naauwpoort, then Anglo-Boer War
13 March 1900 Entry into Bloemfontein
9 June 1901 - 26 March 1902 Johannesburg, then Reitfontein West
May 1902 - 12 July 1904 Pretoria
July 1904 - 23 July 1906 Gravesend, Kent
23 July 1906 - 10 December 1909 Bordon, Hampshire
December 1909 - February 1912 Alexandria, Egypt (detachment in Cyprus) (New Colours: 13 December 1910)
11 February 1912 - 3 February 1913 Cairo, Egypt
February 1913 - February 1914 Khartoum, Sudan
6 February 1914 - 16 March 1914 Bombay then Meerut, India
28 March 1914 - November 1914 Chakrata, India
20 November 1914 Embarked Karachi for Plymouth
22 December 1914 Hursley Park in 84th Brigade, 28th Division
18 January 1915 Landed at Le Havre, France
24 November 1915 Embarked Marseilles for Salonika
25 November 1915 - 30 September 1918 Macedonia in 84th Brigade, 28th Division
17 April 1919 Cardiff (cadre strength)
Llanion Barracks, Pembroke Dock (with 2nd Battalion)
19 August 1919 Embarked Liverpool for India
September 1919 Gough Barracks, Secunderabad
1 November 1919 Ferozepore
1 November 1922 Roberts Barracks, Peshawar
5 March 1923 - 21 March 1923 Marched to Razmak (189 miles)
21 March 1923 - 13 March 1924 Razmak, Murree Hills
19 November 1924 - March 1927 Hyde Barracks, Bareilly
March 1927 Embarked Karachi for Aden
March 1927 - 9 November 1927 Aden
26 November 1927 New Barracks, Gosport
October 1935 - 13 November 1935 Salamanca Barracks, Aldershot
13 November 1935 - 13 April 1939 Victoria Barracks, Belfast
3 May 1939 - 15 October 1939 Haifa, Palestine
15 October 1939 - 27 November 1939 Samaria
27 November 1939 - 1 July 1940 Mersa Matruh, Western Desert
1 July 1940 Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria, Egypt
16 February 1941 - 31 May 1941 Crete
1 July 1941 Sidi Bashir, Alexandria; The Citadel, Cairo
29 November 1941 - Spring 1942 Western Desert as part 4th Indian Infantry Division
Spring 1942 - 14 March 1943 Alexandria; South Barracks, Khartoum
March 1943 - 29 June 1943 Palestine, Gaza, Gulf of Akaba
10 June 1943 Landing at Sicily
13 July 1943 Syracuse
3 September 1943 Landing at Reggio, Italy
5 September 1943 Pellaro
19 September 1943 Rotundella
October 1943 Taranto
November 1943 Mena Camp, Alexandria, Egypt
1 January 1944 MECTC Kabrit
20 January 1944 Ataga
14 February 1944 Beni Yusef camp, Gizeh
10 March 1944 Kabrit
2 April 1944 Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria
9 April 1944 Amiriya
24 April 1944 Mustapha Barracks, Alexandria
Sidi Bishr camp
12 July 1944 Embarked from Alexandria
17 July 1944 Arrived Taranto
28 July 1944 Tivoli, Rome
3 September 1944 South of River Foglia
6 September 1944 Morciano
8 September 1944 Croce
13 September 1944 San Marco and Casiccio
17 September 1944 Mulazzano and Cortellini
19 September 1944 Rinaldi and Falciano
20 September 1944 Il Palazzo
21 September 1944 Forni Francini
23 September 1944 Reduced to cadre strength
30 September 1944 Forni Francini
27 December 1944 Ancona and Senigallia
28 December 1944 Santerno
18 January 1945 Casa Rasponi
6 February 1945 Ravenna
9 March 1945 Grottamare
20 April 1945 Traghetto
25 April 1945 Crossed the River Po
26 April 1945 Saguedo
1 May 1945 Cividale
3 May 1945 Plezzo
7 May 1945 Tarvisio, taly as part of 1st Guards Armoured Division
9 May 1945 Carinthia, Austria
25 May 1945 Klagenfurt, Austria
6 September 1945 Verona
24 February 1946 - Summer 1946 Sirmione
Summer 1946 - Spring 1947 Opicina Barracks, Trieste
Spring 1947 - 24 October 1947 Cavalry Barracks, Udine
October 1947 - February 1948 Woodfarm Camp, Malvern (with 2nd Battalion)
3 February 1948 Dering Lines, Brecon (New Colours: 17 September 1948)
11 October 1950 - 9 October 1951 Sobraon Barracks, Colchester
9 October 1951 Embarked from Southampton
November 1951 - 6 November 1952 Korea as part of the Commonwealth Division
9 November 1952 - 1954 Hong Kong
1955 Pembroke Dock
1956 - 1957 BAOR - Lüneburg
November 1957 - November 1958 Cyprus
1959 - 1960 Benghazi
1961 - 1963 Berlin
1964 - 1965 Warminster, Wiltshire as Demonstration Battalion
1966 - 1967 Hong Kong
1968 Gravesend, Kent
11 June 1969 Cardiff - Amalgamation with the South Wales Borderers.