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Ulster Special Constabulary memorial. The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military [1] reserve special constable police force in what would later become Northern Ireland. It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the partition of Ireland.
The Special Patrol Group (SPG) of the Royal Ulster Constabulary was a tactical reserve of 310 officers which had the role: "to provide support to divisional policing both uniform and CID, to police interface areas at times of civil unrest, and to do so in a disciplined way.
The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit which had attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds ...
As such the initial official name was the "Local Defence Volunteers Section, Ulster Special Constabulary". The UDV was eventually formed into the Ulster Home Guard administered through the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). As such they were a paramilitary force unprotected by the Geneva Conventions. [citation needed]
Royal Ulster Constabulary officers (2 C, 37 P) U. Ulster Special Constabulary officers (13 P) This page was last edited on 6 August 2022, at 23:19 (UTC). Text ...
Pages in category "Ulster Special Constabulary officers" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Alexander "Buck Alec" Robinson (c. 1901–1995) was a boxer, Ulster loyalist paramilitary and Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) reservist. Robinson gained notoriety in Northern Ireland for streetfighting, [1] [2] robbery [3] and for owning a pet lion. His contemporaries included James "Stormy" Wetherall and Patrick "Silver" McKee. [3]
The Ulster Special Constabulary Association (USCA) was a loyalist group active in Northern Ireland during the early 1970s. The group was established following the dissolution of the Ulster Special Constabulary (commonly known as the B Specials) and operated with a semi-paramilitary structure. [ 1 ]