The 1st Battalion The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry served at Osnabrück until June 1961 as part of the BAOR, when it moved to Gibraltar.

The parent Regiments were raised: in 1685 as Huntingdon's Foot, in 1702, as Fox's Marines, and in 1740 as the 57th (later renumbered 46th) (1st and 2nd Battalions The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry).

[4] The first posting of the newly formed regiment was to Osnabrück in Western Germany as part of the 12th Armoured Infantry Brigade.

While at Gibraltar, the battalion provided a company strength contingent to garrison RAF El Adem at Tobruk.

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.