Post World War II Tours of Duty
From 1949 to 1952 the regiment took part in the campaign against Chinese and Malayan Communist Terrorists in Malaya. After 1952 it served in Afghanistan, Austria, West Germany, Suez, Cyprus, Hong Kong, Libya, Belize, Berlin and Northern Ireland.
- Falklands War (1982) one Regimental Officer (Gavin Hamilton) killed in action.
- First Gulf War (1991)
- Bosnia (1996–1997)
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