1 The King's Regiment
1 Battalion The King's Regiment
Unit Histories
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Converted from |
1/8 Regiment of Foot |
| 04-Aug-1914 |
04-Aug-1914 |
Active |
at Talavera Barracks, Aldershot |
| 11-Nov-1918 |
11-Nov-1918 |
Active |
near Preux-au-Sart in France |
| 15-May-1937 ? |
15-May-1937 ? |
Reorganised |
as a Machine-Gun Battalion |
| 03-Sep-1939 |
03-Sep-1939 |
Active |
at Peshawar in India |
| 01-Nov-1942 |
01-Nov-1942 |
Reorganised |
for active service |
| 15-Aug-1943 |
15-Aug-1943 |
Reorganised |
as 81 and 82 columns for Long Range Penetration operations in Burma (sometime after this date) |
| 06-Feb-1945 |
06-Feb-1945 |
Reorganised |
on a company basis |
| 01-Mar-1945 |
01-Mar-1945 |
Reduced |
50% of personnel used to form 16 (King's) Battalion The Parachute Regiment |
| 31-Aug-1945 |
31-Aug-1945 |
Active |
in India |
| Number of Records Returned: 10 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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| Theatres |
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