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1 was a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) Another detailed study, Lost Lives, states that the British military killed 301 people during Operation Banner. 160 (~53%) were civilians; 121 (~40%) were republican paramilitaries; 10 (~3%) were loyalist paramilitaries; 8 (~2%) were fellow British military personnel; 2 were RUC officers [41]
The Warrenpoint ambush, [9] also known as the Narrow Water ambush, [10] the Warrenpoint massacre [11] or the Narrow Water massacre, [12] was a guerrilla attack [13] by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979.
Pages in category "British Army in Operation Banner" The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total. ... 0–9. 3rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom ...
Operation Banner (The Troubles Military unit The Special Reconnaissance Unit , also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company , was a unit of the British Army 's Intelligence Corps which conducted covert operations in Northern Ireland during the Troubles .
According to journalist Ed Moloney, the IRA Army Council, suspecting a great deal of infiltration by double agents at the grassroots level of the IRA, decided to form an experimental flying column (instead of the usual active service unit) to mount a large-scale operation against a permanent vehicle checkpoint along the border.
He was the last British soldier to be killed during Operation Banner. 5 April The Grand National horse race was cancelled, and Aintree Racecourse evacuated following a hoax bomb warning from the PIRA. The race was eventually run several days later, 7 April, without disruption. [158] [159] 1 May
A Land Rover Defender utilised by the Royal Military Police while in Northern Ireland.The RMP is one of the few corps (units) which still uses the Land Rover. The first time of the 1st Regiment, RMP was formed was on 5 November 1971, when 173 Provost Company based at Thiepval Barracks, Lisburn in Northern Ireland was expanded into a full regiment.
In a 1978 interview, a former MRF member claimed he had been one of the gunmen. [1] On 1 December 2015 the PSNI listed this shooting as one of nine incidents it was investigating in relation to the activities of the British Army's Military Reaction Force (MRF). [3] In 2020, the High Court ordered the MoD to pay compensation to the widow of John ...