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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.
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. [30] [31] [32]
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 .
Captain Herbert Richard Westmacott MC (11 January 1952 – 2 May 1980) was a British Army officer who became the first person to be awarded a posthumous Military Cross.As an officer of the Grenadier Guards (2nd Battalion) [1] on extra regimental employment to the Special Air Service (SAS), he died in an encounter with the Provisional Irish Republican Army.
Operation Banner (The Troubles Military unit The Special Reconnaissance Unit , also known as the 14 Field Security and Intelligence Company , was a unit of the British Army 's Intelligence Corps which conducted covert operations in Northern Ireland during the Troubles .
The security forces set the ground for an SAS ambush by deploying a decoy patrol, but the counter-sniper operation failed twice. In the end, the sniper squad was tracked to a farm complex and arrested there. [79] By the second IRA ceasefire, another team was still operational, and two Barrett rifles remained unaccounted for. [80]
Pages in category "Special Air Service" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. ... Timeline of British undercover forces in Operation Banner;
Massey won the US Armed Forces Staff College Leadership Prize in 1984 before succeeding to command of 22 SAS Regiment from Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Rose. He was promoted colonel on 31 December 1987, [9] and in 1988 was himself succeeded as commander of 22 SAS Regiment by Lieutenant-Colonel Cedric Delves, DSO. [10]