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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.
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 ...
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 ...
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
After the end of Operation BANNER, a number of other Army units were relocated to Aldergrove. The base was no longer therefore administered by the JHC and on 1 Apr 2013 became Aldergrove Flying Station under command of 38 (Irish) Brigade.
It continued to support operations in the province, until the end of Operation Banner in 2007. Soldiers of the Regiment also deployed to Kuwait and Iraq as part of Operation Telic. In 2004 35 Bty RA joined 39 Regiment after the disbandment of 22nd Regiment Royal Artillery. [4] The Regiment was also equipped with GMLRS in 2004.
37 Field Squadron enjoyed its centenary in 1961, with a parade held on 16 May with Brigadier P.H. Man inspecting the Troops. Here there is a jump in the history to the 1970s where 37 Field Squadron served in Northern Ireland with 39 Infantry Brigade on an operation BANNER tour in the Infantry role in Belfast from March to July 1972.