Saturday, January 2, 2010

Timetable to the Troop Movements

1963 - 68
General Sir Richard Clutterbuck, proposed and pushed forward 59 Field Sqn to become Commando Trained and attached to 3 Commando Brigade.

1st April 1971
General Sir Charles Richardson changed 59 Field Sqn to 59 Indep Cdo Sqn.

4th October 1971
Condor Troop became the first fully Green Beret Royal Engineer Commando Troop and left Stonehouse Barracks, Plymouth, England, heading for Scotland.

5th October 1971
Condor Troop joins 45 Commando Group - Royal Marines, in Arbroath, Scotland.

15th October 1971 - 8th January 1972
Northern Ireland

6th February 1972 - 14th March 1972
Norway

9th April 1972 - 5th May 1972
Weymouth Bridging Camp

20th April - 25th April 1972
Portland - Explosive Camp

27th May 1972 - 12th June 1972
Montrose Construction Project

15th June 1972 - 25th June 1972
Orkney Island Construction Project

28th June 1972 - 7th August 1972
Northern Ireland

14th August - 21st August 1972
Kingussie - Mountaineering

23rd August 1972 - 5th September 1972
Cape Wrath Mountain - Durness

8th September 1972 - 28th September 1972
NATO Exercise - War Games

30th October 1972 - 3rd November 1972
Glen Cova - Mountaineering

6th November 1972 - 16th November 1972
Isle of Skye - Mountaineering

7th January 1972 - 30th April 1973
Norway

14th July 1973 - 25th August 1973
Castletown, Caithness - Demolitions

12th October 1973 - 2nd November 1973
Isle of Skye - Mountaineering

7th January 1974 - 9th March 1974
Norway

26th April 1974 - 11th May 1974
Lydd Training Camp - Ireland

1st July 1974 - 10th November 1974
Northern Ireland

January 1975 - March 1975
Norway

May 1975
Weymouth Bridging Camp

1st October 1975 - 11th October 1975
Norway - Exercise Batten Bolt

18th January 1976 - 18th March 1976
Norway

13th May 1976 - 15th June 1976
Northern Ireland

1976
Cyprus - United Nations Tour

12th November 1976 - 10th December 1976
Norway

3rd January 1977 - 23rd March 1977
Norway

April 1982
Falklands Islands

January 1983
Norway

January 1983
Section to Brunei

1983
Canada - Exercise Waterleap

Late 1983
Mountain Training

January 1984
Norway

Mid 1984
Falklands Islands

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