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  2. Ulster Special Constabulary - Wikipedia

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    1920 Special Constabulary uniform, in the Ulster Museum B-Specials uniform, in the Free Derry Museum.455 Webley Sten gun Sterling SMG. The standard of training was varied. In Belfast, the Specials were trained in much the same way as the regular police whereas in rural areas the USC was focused on counter-guerrilla operations.

  3. 1969 Northern Ireland riots - Wikipedia

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    It found that B-Specials had, on occasion, sided with loyalist mobs. There were reports that B-Specials were spotted hiding among loyalist mobs, using coats to hide their uniforms. [61] Nevertheless, the Scarman Report concluded "there are no grounds for singling out mobilised USC as being guilty of misconduct". [20]

  4. Ulster Special Constabulary Association - Wikipedia

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    Ulster Special Constabulary badge. 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]

  5. Battle of the Bogside - Wikipedia

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    The Ulster Special Constabulary (or B-Specials) were called up and sent to Derry. This was a quasi-military reserve police force, made up almost wholly of Protestants with no training in crowd control. Residents feared the B-Specials would be sent into the Bogside and would massacre Catholics. [29]

  6. The Troubles in Ulster (1920–1922) - Wikipedia

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    The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC), commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men" was formed in October 1920 and, in the words of historian Michael Hopkinson, "amounted to an officially approved UVF". [88] Irish nationalists saw the founding of this almost wholly Protestant force as the arming of the majority against the Catholic minority. [89 ...

  7. Hunt Report - Wikipedia

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    Most of the main proposals of the Hunt Report were implemented, and the B-Specials were disbanded in March 1970. The reaction from some in the Unionist community was aggressive. Constable Victor Arbuckle was shot and killed on the day after the publishing of the Hunt Report when the RUC attempted to disperse a crowd of Unionists that had ...

  8. 10 Classic Animated Christmas TV Specials That'll Give You ...

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    The Little Drummer Boy (NBC, 1968) Directed by Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr. and others. Written by Romeo Muller. Two years after CBS got heavy with A Charlie Brown Christmas, the Peacock network ...

  9. Black and Tans - Wikipedia

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    Few were sent to what became Northern Ireland, however. [36] The authorities there raised their own reserve force, the Ulster Special Constabulary. For the most part, the Black and Tans were "treated as ordinary constables, despite their strange uniforms, and they lived and worked in barracks alongside the Irish police".