16 Fld Sqn celebrated it's 150th anniverary in 1975



Below you will find an outline chronology of the service of the 16th Field Company from 1840 to 1983. Assuming that 16 Field Sqn is a direct descendant of the old 16th Field Company.


Information supplied by Colonel Ed de Santis

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1840 Limerick as a survey company, on survey of Ireland
Apr-43 York
Oct-43 Southampton
Sep-54 Dumfries
Oct-54 Southampton
Mar-58 Southampton
Apr-58 Perth
Oct - Dec-58 Perth & Edinburgh
Jan-59 Newry
Apr-60 Dublin
1-May-61 Quit Dublin for Southampton
1-Oct-72 Quit Southampton for Edinburgh
11-Jan-74 Quit Edinburgh for Oxford
Mar-74 Oxford
15-Jun-76 Quit Oxford for Reading
Mar-78 Reading
28-Nov-78 HQ moved to Clifton
Mar-79 Clifton
Mar-81 Clifton
2-Jan-82 Ipswich
Mar-87 Ipswich
8-Sep-87 Bedford
Mar-88 Bedford
1912 York as a Coast Battalion Company
3-Sep-39 At Malta as Fortress Coy
51/52 Minden Camp, El Fayid
54/55 Cyprus
1961 Osnabruck
1972 Belfast
26-Jun - 1-Nov-74 Ballykelly
1977 Belfast City Centre
Oct 1979 - Feb 1980 Anderson's Town, Belfast
30-May - 16-Oct-83 Troop at Omagh