12th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment

Timeline of movements

1914 (November) 12th Battalion formed as a reserve Battalion (Plymouth)
1916 12th Battalion amalgamated with 13th Battalion and renamed the 46th Training Reserve Battalion
1940 (June) 12th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment raised on 1st June 1940
1940 (June) England: Burton
1940 (October) England: Dudley
1941 (February) Wales: Llanelly
1941 (June) Iceland: Reykjaskoli
1941 (August) Iceland: Borganes
1941 (September) Iceland: Brautarholt
1941 (September) Iceland: Faroese – from 19th Sept. to 25th Sept. 1941
1941 England: Gravesend – Milton Barracks
1942 England: Gravesend (became the 179 Field Regiment R.A. on the 1st March 1942)

 


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