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ANNEX A TO ENCLOSURE 1 TO COS 1578/22/9/70

PORECAST INFANTRY BATTALION

COLLETTMENTS FROM 1971 ONWARDS

Serial

(a)

OVERSEAS

Commitments

(b)

(c)

Battalions Required

Remarks

(a)

ị Hong Kong

5

All accompanied

For East

a.

ANZUK Bde

1

Accompanied

b. Brunei

1

Accompanied

3

Cyprus

2. SBAS

1

Accompanied

b.

UNFICYP

1

Unaccompanied

Gibraltar

2..

Garrison

1

Accompanied

b.

Reinforcement

1

Unaccompanied (See Note)

56

British Honduras

1

Unaccompanied (See Note)

6

Berlin

3

Accompanied

7

BAOR

14

Accompanied

UNITED KINGDOM

8

ALF(L)

1

9

School of Infantry

1

10

Public Duties

5

11

Northern Ireland

10

4 Accompanied

12

UKF

2.

5 Airptol Bde

b.

19 Airptbl de

C.

24 Aimtbl Bue

a.

16 Para 3de

m m m a

3

3

3

2

13

Total

57

Note:

In each station there is one company group on a six month unaccompanied tour; each from a separate battalion stationed in the UK. The balance of each battalion is required to be held ready in the UK to reinforce its company overseas. As regards British Honduras the strength re-uired is too great to be met by representative company.

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