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The
Queen's Regiment
1967 - 1980 |
| 1981
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Belize. |
| April |
Returns
to Canterbury. |
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Territorial
Army |
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6th/7th
Battalion |
| 16th
July |
Presentation
of new Colours at Ardingly, West Sussex, by Lavinia, Duchess
of Norfolk. |
| 1982
The Falklands War
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Canterbury.
One company to Gibraltar. |
| July
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Runs
Army Rifle Championships at Bisley. |
| November |
Moves
to Omagh, Northern Ireland, for internal security operations.
Joins 8 Infantry Brigade. |
| 1983
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Omagh,
Northen Ireland. |
| 1984
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Omagh,
Northern Ireland. |
| 31st
March |
Band
lost; subsumed into Regimental Bands of The Queen’s
Regiment; formation parade at Londonderry. (Albuhera and Quebec
Bands). |
| 1985
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Omagh,
Northern Ireland. |
| 1st
April |
Moves
to Gibraltar. |
| 1986
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Gibraltar. |
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Territorial
Army |
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5th
(Volunteer) Battalion |
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Kingston
platoon of A Company transferred to 6th/7th Battalion. |
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6th/7th
(Volunteer) Battalion |
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New
B Company raised at Brighton; existing B Company at Edgware
transferred to 8th Battalion; Camberwell platoon of D Company
raised to Company strength and transferred to 8th Battalion.
Kingston platoon of A Coy 5th 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. |
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6th/7th
(Volunteer) Battalion |
| 1st
April |
Battalion
formed with Bn HQ and HQ Company at Clapham; A Company at
Camberwell; B Company at Edgware; C Company at Balham. |
| 1987
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Gibraltar. |
| January
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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. |
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This
Display was designed for the visit of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother to Dover Castle in 1988. It continues
in use with The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment. |
| 1988
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Tidworth. |
| September |
Queen
Margarethe II visits the battalion whilst on exercise in Denmark. |
| December |
Queen
Margarethe II again visits the battalion, in Tidworth. |
| 1989
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
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Tidworth
and USA. |
| October |
Moves
to Belfast for internal security operations. |
| 1990
The Gulf War
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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1st
Battalion |
| February |
Returns
to Tidworth. |
| 1991
The Gulf War
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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General |
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Options
for Change Defence Review. |
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1st
Battalion |
| January |
Moves
to Minden, West Germany. Joins 11 Armoured Brigade (4th Armoured
Division). |
| 1992
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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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
1st Battalion was disbanded at Minden, West Germany, the
2nd Battalion held a final reunion at Canterbury and the
3rd Battalion disbanded in Cyprus. The two new regular battalions
of The PWRR were formed at Colchester (1st Bn) and Canterbury
(2nd Bn) The 5th (V) Bn The Queen's Regiment remained with
its BHQ at Canterbury, but rebadged as the 3rd Bn The PWRR.
Further reductions and changes would take place in the Territorial
Army in the coming years. |
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The
Queen’s Regiment Memorial, Howe Barracks, Canterbury.
The memorial is by the main gates to the Barracks. It is
dedicated to all who served in The Queen’s Regiment,
particularly those who died as a result of terrorist action.
The memorial incorporates a cartouche of King George III
used from 1801 to 1816, which was originally in the Officers’
Mess at Wemyss Barracks, Canterbury.. |
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| 1995
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The
Queen’s Regiment |
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The
Regimental Council of The Queen's Regiment had for some
years debated where a Regimental Memorial could be erected.
Finally, authority was granted to erect a small memorial,
in Howe Barracks, Cantubury on the 10th February 1995 (Sobraon
Day) it was dedicated by the Venerable Peter Mallett CB,
Honorary Chaplain to The Queen's Regiment in the presence
of four former Colonels of the Regiment. Maj. Gen. FAH Ling
CB, CBE, DSO, DL; (1973 - 1977) Maj. Gen. RSN Mans CBE;
(1978 - 1983); Brig. HC Millman OBE DL (1984 - 1988) and
Maj. Gen. MF Reynolds CB, the last Colonel.
UNCONQUERED
I SERVE |
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The Queen's Royal Surrey Regimental Association. |
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