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2 May – SAS Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott was killed by a unit of the Provisional IRA Belfast Brigade known as the "M60 Gang" during a shoot-out on the Antrim Road. Westmacott was one of the most senior British Army personnel to be killed by the IRA during Operation Banner and the most senior SAS man. [41] [42] [43]
Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles. It was the longest continuous deployment in British military history .
Operation Banner, 1969–1997, deployment of the British army in Northern Ireland, the official SAS deployment from 1976. See also: Timeline of British undercover forces in Operation Banner. Forkhill, 1976, senior IRA member Peter Cleary killed in struggle after capture by SAS. Coagh, 1978.
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Download as PDF; Printable version ... Operation Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 police deaths at the hands of native Irish ...
The term "Special Reconnaissance Unit" and the details of its organisation and mode of operations have been kept secret. The SRU operates in Northern Ireland at present under the cover name "Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Teams (Northern Ireland)" – NITAT(NI) – ostensibly the equivalent of genuine NITAT teams in UKLF and BAOR .
This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA). Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
The SAS took part in the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the codename: Operation Row, which was part of CJSOTF-West (Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – West) [156] B and D Squadrons carried out operations in Western Iraq [157] and Southern Iraq; towards the end of the invasion, they escorted MI6 officers into Baghdad from Baghdad ...