Timeline of movements of the 29th (Worcestershire) Regiment

1726 Ireland: Limerick
1727 Gibraltar (stationed there from 1727 to 1745)
1746 North America: Louisburg (stationed there from 1746 to 1748)
1749 North America: Founding of Halifax
1750 Ireland: Cork
1751 Ireland: Limerick
1752 Ireland: Cork (1752 and 1753)
1754 Ireland: Aklow - Wicklow - Cellbridge
1755 Ireland: Waterford (1755 and 1756)
1757 Ireland: Wicklow - Aklow - Wexford
1758 Ireland: Kilkenny - Dublin
1759 Ireland: Clonmel - Cashel - Athy
1760 Ireland: Limerick
1761 Ireland: Limerick
1762 Ireland: Londonderry - Belfast
1763 Ireland: Dublin (1763 and 1764)
1765 North America: Halifax (Nova Scotia) - stationed there till 1767
1768 North America: Boston
1769 North America: Boston
1770 North America: "Boston Massacre" New Jersey
1771 North America: Florida (1771 and 1772)
1773 England: Dover
1774 England: Chatham (1774 and 1775)
1776 North America: Quebec - Montreal
1777 North America: Det. at Saratoga (Flank Companies)
1778 North America: Isle aux Noix
1779 North America: St John's (1779 to 1781)
1782 North America: Montreal (29th Foot becomes the Worcestershire Regiment)
1783 North America: Montreal (1783 and 1784)
1785 North America: Quebec Province
1786 North America: Quebec
1787 England: Worcester
1788 England: Scarborough
1789 England: Tynemouth and Dover
1790 England: Dover
1791 England: Guard duty at Windsor
1792 England: Windsor
1793 England: Hilsea (Detachment as Marines with Channel Fleet)
1794 England: Plymouth "GLORIOUS 1st OF JUNE"
1795 West Indies: Campaigning in Grenada
1796 England: Detachments re-united at Weymouth
1797 England: Bideford - Falmouth - Truro
1798 Ireland: Wexford - Tuam - Kilkenny (Irish Rebellion)
1799 Holland: The Helder - Bergen (Campaign under Duke of York)
1800 Channel Islands: Guernsey (1800 and 1801)
1801 England: Exeter - Plymouth
1802 North America: Halifax, Nova Scotia (1802 to 1807)
1808 Peninsula: ROLICA - VIMIERA
1809 Peninsula: Passage of Douro.  TALAVERA
1810 Peninsula: Torres Vedras
1811 Peninsula: ALBUHERA
1812 England: Windsor
1813 Spain: Cadiz
1814 Gibraltar
1814 North America: Halifax (American War)
1815 Flanders & France: Ghent - Paris
1816 France: Chocques (Pas-de-Calais) - (1816 to 1818)
1819 Ireland: Armagh
1820 Ireland: Armagh - Dublin
1821 England: Macclesfield - Chester
1822 Ireland: Dublin - Mullingar
1823 Ireland: Mullingar - Limerick - Tralee
1824 Ireland: Tralee - Kinsale
1825 Ireland: Kinsale - Waterford
1826 Mauritius: Port Louis (1826 to 1828)
1829 Mauritius: Mahébourg
1830 Mauritius: Port Louis (1830 and 1831)
1832 Mauritius: Mahébourg
1833 Mauritius: Port Louis (1833 and 1834)
1835 Mauritius: Flacq - Port Louis
1836 Mauritius: Mahébourg
1837 Mauritius: Port Louis
1838 England: Plymouth
1839 England: Bristol - Woolwich
1840 Scotland: Edinburgh
1841 Scotland & Ireland: Glasgow - Belfast
1842 India: Chinsura (1842 to 1844)
1845 India: Mirath - FEROZESHAH
1846 India: Kasauli - SOBRAON
1847 India: Kasauli
1848 India: Kasauli "Army of the Punjab"
1849 India: CHILLIANWALLAH - GOOJERAT - Vazirabad
1850 India: Mirath (1850 and 1851)
1852 India: Dinapore (1852 and 1853)
1854 Burma: Moulmein - Thayetmyo
1855 Burma: Thayetmyo (1855 to 1857)
1858 India: Bengal (Closing stages in suppressing of Mutiny)
1859 England: Preston
1860 England: Aldershot (1860 and 1861)
1862 Scotland: Glasgow
1863 Ireland: Curragh - Dublin
1864 Ireland: Curragh - Newry
1865 Mediterranean: Malta (1865 and 1866)
1867 Canada: Hamilton
1868 Canada: Toronto
1869 Canada: Quebec
1870 West Indies: Jamaica - Leeward Isles
1871 West Indies: Barbadoes
1872 West Indies: Barbadoes (Riots at Bridgetown)
1873 Ireland: Templemore
1874 Ireland: Curragh - Dublin
1875 Channel Islands: Jersey
1876 England: Chatham
1877 England: Aldershot (1877 and 1878)
1879 India: Mhow (1879 and 1880)
1881 India: Mhow - (July) 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment established
1881 India: Bombay
1882 India: Nasirabad (1882 and 1883)
1884 India: Karachi (1884 to 1886)
1887 India: Quetta (1887 to 1889)
1890 India: Poona (1890 to 1892)
1893 India: Poona - Kemptee
1894 India: Kemptee
1895 Burma and Aden: Rangoon 
1896 Aden 
1897 England: Devonport (1897 and 1898)
1899 England: Plymouth
1899 Guernsey CHECK?
1900 (April) South Africa: Boer War (operations in Orange Free State - Ladybrand)
1901 South Africa (1901 and 1902)
1903 Ireland: Templemore (1903 to 1906)
1907 Ireland: Dublin
1908 England: Bordon Camp (1908 to 1910) 
1911 England: Isle of Wight, Parkhurst (1911 and 1912)
1913 Egypt: Alexandria - Cairo (1913 and 1914)
1914 (October 16th) Arrived back in England (Liverpool) Joined the 24th Brigade (8th Division).
1914 (October) On the 18th October the 24th Brigade transferred from the 8th Division to the 23rd Division.  
1914 (November) France and Flanders (23rd Division)
1915 (October) France and Flanders (23rd Division) - Neuve Chapelle - Aubers Ridge
1916 (July 15th) France and Flanders (8th Division) - the 24th Brigade transferred back to the 8th Division.
1917 France & Flanders: Bouchavesnes - Ypres
1918 France & Flanders: Pargny - Rosieres - The Aisne - Ath
1919 England & India: Cadre to Dover
1919 India: Nasirabad (1919 to 1922)
1922 India: Lucknow 
1923 India: Meerut (1923 to 1925)
1926 (December) Allahabad (1926 to 1929)
1929 (October) China: Shanghai (1929 and 1930)
1931 England: Plymouth (8th Infantry Brigade) - (1931 to 1934)
1935 England: Aldershot (5th Brigade, 2nd Division) - (1935 to 1938)
1938 (May) England: London (Tower of London)
1938 (September) Palestine 
1939 Sudan (29th Infantry Brigade) 
1940 (October) Egypt/Libya (29th Indian Infantry Brigade)
1941 Eritrea: Gogni - Barentu - Keren
1941 Abyssinia: Amba Alagi
1942 North Africa (June) On the 22nd June 1942 captured by the Germans at Tobruk (Point 187)
1943 (January) England: On 1st January 1943 at Harrow, reconstituted in UK be re-designation of 11th Battalion
1943 (August) England: Wansted
1943 (September) England: Maresfield (joined the 214 Infantry Brigade in 43rd Wessex Infantry Division)
1943 (November) England: Hythe
1944 (February) England: Worthing
1944 England: Hythe
1944 (April to June) England: Heathfield Park
1944 (15th June) England: Main Party to Newhaven for embarkation (M.T. Party went to Tilbury for embarkation)
1944 (June 22nd) Normandy landing, France.
1944 (June 26th to 28th) Cheux, France.
1944 (June 29th to July 24th) Mouen and Baron, France.
1944 (August 8th) Mount Pinçon, France.
1944 (August 16th to 23rd) Berjou, France
1944 (August) Vernon, France.
1944 (September 16th, 17th and 18th) Lummen, Belgium.
1944 (September 23rd, 24th, 25th and 26th) Elst, The Netherlands.
1944 (November 13th to 18th) Brunssum, The Netherlands.
1944 (November 18th to 23rd) Tripsrath and Rischden, Germany.
1944 (November 24th to 27th) Schinveld, The Netherlands.
1944 (December 7th to 17th) Brunssum, The Netherlands.
1944 (December 19th to 27th) Bilsen, Belgium.
1944 (December 28th to January 11th) Bunde, The Netherlands.
1945 (January 31st to 4th February) Beerse, Belgium.
1945 (February 4th to 9th) The Netherlands.
1945 (February 9th onwards) Germany: Kranenburg - Nutterden - Materborn - South of Cleve
1945 (February 13th onwards) Germany: Goch escarpment - Imigshof - Cleve
1945 (March) Germany: Vynen - Haag - Wardt
1945 (12th to 26th March) The Netherlands: Afferden
1945 (27th March onwards) Germany: Marienbaum - croosed the Rhine - Esserden - Anholt
1945 (April) Germany: Ruurlo - Deipenheim - Goor - Noordijk - Boekelo - Nordhorn - Bawinkel - Haselunne
1945 (13th April onwards) Germany: Herzelake - Cloppenburg - Ahlhorn - Steinloge - Unzen - Bremen
1945 (May) Germany: Westertimke - Rosenthal - Neetze
1945 (October) Germany: Goslar (joined the 5th Division as a unit of 13th Independent Infantry Brigade)
1946 (March) Germany: Gandersheim
1946 (September) Italy: Trieste (13th Independent Infantry Brigade now attached to 1st Armoured Division)
1947 (January) Yugoslavia: Pola
1947 (May) Italy: Trieste
1947 (May) Germany: Lüneburg (rejoined the 5th Division as a unit of 13th Independent Infantry Brigade)
1948 (January) Germany: Berlin 
1948 (December) On the 17th December 1948 amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title
1949 (May) Germany: Göttingen (31st Lorried Infantry Brigade, 7th Armoured Division)
1950 England: Chester
1950 (May) England: sailed from Liverpool to Singapore
1950 (July) Malaya (Sungei Patani - Segamat)
1951 Malaya (Segamat - Kluang)
1952 Malaya (Penang - Ipoh)
1953 Malaya (Ipoh)
1953 (July) England: Bulford 
1955 Germany: Iserlohn 
1957 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras)
1958 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras - Nassau - Bahamas)
1959 West Indies: Caribbean (Jamacia - British Guiana - British Honduras - Nassau - Bahamas)
1960 (March) England: Worcester
1961 England: Worcester
1961 (Nov.-Dec.) British Honduras (Hurricane "Hattie" relief operation)
1962 (January) England: Worcester 
1962 Germany: Minden
1963 Germany: Minden
1964 England: Lydd (Jungle Training Exercise in Dominica B.W.I. in November and December)
1965 Gibraltar (One Company at Tobruk) 
1967 England: Bulford 
1969 (March) United Nations (Cyprus)
1969 (November) England: Bulford 
1970 On the 8th February 1970 amalgamated with 1st Bn, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and     Derbyshire Regiment), to form 1st Bn, The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (29th/45th Foot)

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