Battalion Postings 1966

Battalion Postings 1966 - 2007 .........

1st Battalion	2nd Battalion	3rd Battalion
1966-1967 Germany Berlin 1967-1970 UK Tidworth 1967-1968 UN Cyprus 1969 N.Ireland Province Wide 1970-1974 Germany Celle 1971 N.I Belfast 1972 N.I Belfast 1973 N.I Belfast 1974-1978 UK Dover 1974-1975 N.I S.Armagh 1976 Cyprus UN/ESBA 1977 N.I Belfast 1978 - 1980 Hong Kong 1980-1981 UK Hounslow 1981 N.I S.Armagh 1981-1983 N.I Aldergrove Ops Province wide 1983-1987 UK Tidworth 1984-1985 Falkland Islands 1986 N.Ireland Ops Province wide 1987-1992 Germany Osnabrùck 1987 N.I Armagh 1990-1991 1st Gulf War (Coy) 1991-1992 N.I Tyrone ...... ......... .	1966-1967 Malaya Penang 1966 Borneo 1967-1971 Germany Munster 1971-1973 N.I BallyKelly Ops Province wide 1973-1975 UK Catterick 1973-1974 Belize 1974 N.I S.Armagh 1974-1975 N.I Belfast 1975-1977 Gibraltar 1977--1979 UK Tidworth 1977-1978 N.I.S.Armagh 1979 N.I S.Armagh 1980-1986 Germany Minden 1981-1982 N.I Belfast 1985-1986 N.I Belfast 1986-1988 UK Warminster 1988-1991 UK Dover 1989 N.I Fermanagh 1991 1st Gulf War (Band) 1991-1992 N.I Omagh Ops Province wide ......... .. ...... ..... ........	1966-1967 UK Felixstowe 1966 Borneo 1967-1968 Germany Iserlohn 1968-1970 Germany Celle 1970-1971 UK Tidworth 1971 3rd Bn reduced to representative Company UK Netheravon 1971 N.I Belfast 1972 3rd Bn reformed 1972-1975 Shoeburyness 1972 N.I Belfast 1973 N.I Belfast 1974 N.I Belfast 1975-1977 Germany Berlin 1977-1978 UK Caterham 1978-1979 N.I Londonderry Ops Province wide 1979-1982 UK Oakington 1980 Cyprus (UN) 1982-1987 Germany Celle 1984-1985 N.IBelfast 1987-1989 UK Colchester 1987-1988 Falkland Islands (Coy) 1988-1991 Gibraltar 1989-1990 N.I Platoons 1991-1992 N.I S. Armagh

25 July 1992
The 1st, 2nd & 3rd Battalions merged into two battalions.
The 2nd & 3rd Battalions redesignated as 1st & 2nd Battalions

1st Battalion	2nd Battalion
1992-1993 N.I Omagh Ops Province wide 1993-1996 Cyprus Dhekelia 1994 Falklands (Coy) 1995 Falklands (Coy) 1996-1999 UK Bulford 1996 Bosnia 1999-2002 N.I Belfast Ops Province wide 2002-2007 UK Weeton 2001 Sierre Leone 2002 N.I Belfast 2003 Iraq 2004 N.I S.Armagh 2005 Kosovo 2006 Iraq	1992-1995 UK Dover 1995-1997 N.I Belfast Ops Province wide 1997-2001 Germany Paderborn 1999-2000 Kosovo 2001 Bosnia 2001-2003 UK Warminster 2003-2005 N.I Ballykinler Ops Province wide 2005-2007 UK Bulford

1 February 2007
Formation of The Rifles
1 and 2 RGJ redesignated 2 and 4 RIFLES

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