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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 .
The following is a Timeline of British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) undercover operations during Operation Banner during the 1969 – 1998 Northern Irish conflict in Northern Ireland that resulted in death or injury.
The deaths from landmine attacks would further decline in 1974 with just seven deaths & even less in 1975 with just four deaths. ... Operation Banner 1969 - 2007 by ...
Operation Banner resulted in over 700 British Armed Forces deaths and 303 police deaths at the hands of native Irish Republicans. 307 people were killed by the British troops, about 51% of whom were civilians and 42% of whom were members of republican paramilitaries.
British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland) as a result of their service in Operation Banner Pages in category "British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland)"
Deaths: 3 (Ruddy, Anderson, McLoughlin) The 1971 Newry killings was an incident ... the British Army was deployed to the region as part of Operation Banner, ...
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.
More than 700 of those killed were British military personnel, deployed as part of Operation Banner. The vast majority of these British military personnel were killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA), which waged an armed campaign to force the British to negotiate a withdrawal from Northern Ireland.