residence and at the Border crossing with Spain, which included a perimeter patrol. While at Gibraltar, the battalion provided a company strength contingent to garrison RAF El Adem at Tobruk. The next posting took the regiment to Berlin between 1963 and 1965. During this period, Lt. Col. John Howard was in charge, followed by Lt. Col. G. Mathews. In November 1965 the regiment returned to Britain and was stationed at the Gravesend Barracks. During this period, the battalion was part of the brigade force that was on permanent standby to be flown anywhere in the world at 72 hours' notice. In April 1966 the regiment was posted to Aden, a British protectorate, where extremists calling themselves the Aden National Liberation Front, battled for the independence of Aden by forcing the British out. During this posting, two servicemen were lost, one when his vehicle was blown up and the other when he was hit in the head by a piece of shrapnel from an exploding grenade. Battle honours The Queens Colour Mons – Marne, 1914, 18 – Aisne, 1914 – Ypres, 1915, 17, 18 – Somme, 1916, 18 – Albert, 1916, 18 – Arras, 1917, 18 – Passchendale – Cambrai, 1917, 18 – Hindenburg Line – Sambre – Doiran, 1917, 18 – Gaza – Palestine, 1917 – 18 – Tigris, 1916. Hill 112 – Mont Pincon – Nederrijn – Geilenkirchen – Rhineland – Rhine – North West Europe, 1940, 44–45 Gazala – Medjez Plain – Cassino II – Incontro – Cosina Canal Crossing – Italy, 1944–45 – North Arakan – Ngakyedauk Pass The Regimental Colour A Bugle Horn stringed ensigned with a Mural Crown all in Silver. The Sphinx superscribed "Egypt". A Mural Crown superscribed "Jellalabad" Gibraltar, 1704–5 – Dettingen – St. Lucia, 1778 – Dominica – Rolica – Vimiera – Corunna – Martinique, 1809 – Salamanca – Pyrenees – Nivelle – Nive Orthes – Peninsula – Waterloo – Ava – Ghuznee, 1839 – Afghanistan, 1839 – Cabool, 1842 – Mooltan – Goojerat – Punjab – Sevastopol – Lucknow – South Africa – 1878-9 – Tel-el-Kebir – Egypt, 1882 – Nile, 1884–85 – Burma, 1885-87 – Paardeberg – Relief of Ladysmith – South Africa 1899–1902 – Afghanistan, 1919. Civic honours County Borough of Taunton – 29 June 1961 City of Truro – 10 July 1961 County Borough of Bodmin – 7 July 1961 City of Bath – 13 July 1961 City