As the size of the Regiment contracted so the strength
of the 1st Battalion increased. In 1947, the 1st Battalion
was made ready for overseas service again and moved
to Palestine where it again carried out internal security
duties for a year. However, by 1948 British responsibility
there had ceased and the Battalion were the last troops
to leave. They sailed from Haifa in June 1948 and spent
a further nine months in Tripoli before returning to
England in the spring of 1949.
After their arrival in England they carried out Public
Duties and, in the Summer of 1949, his Majesty King
George VI presented new Colours to the Battalion in
the Garden of Buckingham Palace.Within two years the
Battalion had moved overseas again and in 1951 joined
the 4th Guards Brigade at Hubbelrath near Dusseldorf
in Germany, where they were stationed until 1953, when
they returned to England for a few months to take part
in Her Majesty's Coronation on the 2nd June 1953. They
remained in England briefly and then saw service in
the Canal Zone in Egypt from 1953 to 1956. On return
to England in March 1956, the Battalion was stationed
at Lydd camp, Kent, for three months before moving on
12th July 1956 to Wellington Barracks, London to carry
out Public Duties.
On 13th June 1957, the Battalion found the Escort and
Number Two Guard on the Queen's Birthday Parade in London
for the first time since 1935. A few days after the
Birthday Parade the Battalion moved to Shorncliffe,
Kent and became part of the 1st Guards Brigade.
The Troubles in Cyprus and the Middle East worsened
over the next twelve months and, in mid-June 1958, the
Battalion was sent with the 1st Guards Brigade to Cyprus.
Within seven days of receiving the order to move, the
Battalion was setting up a temporary camp just outside
of Nicosia, Cyprus. A week later the Battalion moved
to a more permanent site a few miles away where they
remained until November 1958 carrying out internal security
duties. The Battalion returned to Windsor in November
1958 to carry out Public Duties both at Windsor and
London for the next two years.
