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Old 12-18-2009, 02:55 PM
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British Army orbat for Northern Ireland for the 1980's.

NORTHERN IRELAND

33 Independent Field Sqn RE, Antrim
Provisional Regiment AAC, Aldergrove
4 Royal Irish Rangers, Portadown
5 Royal Irish Rangers, Lurgan
102 Light Air Defence Regiment RA, Newtownards

8 Infantry Brigade, Londonderry
  • 1 Queens Own Highlanders, Aldergrove
  • 1 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, Ballykelly
  • 1 Royal Anglian Regiment, Londonderry
  • 1 Queen’s Regiment, Omagh
39 Infantry Brigade, Lisburn
  • 1 Royal Highland Fusiliers, Holywood
  • 1 Devonshire & Dorset Regiment, Ballykinlar
Ulster Defence Regiment
  • 1 UDR, Ballymena
  • 2 UDR, Armagh
  • 3 UDR, Ballykinlar
  • 4 UDR, Enniskillen
  • 5 UDR, Limavady
  • 6 UDR, Omagh
  • 7 UDR, Holywood
  • 8 UDR, Dungannon
  • 9 UDR, Antrim
  • 10 UDR, Belfast
  • 11 UDR, Portadown
74 Engineer Regiment, Belfast
655 Sqn AAC, det to Aldergrove
Isn't this missing the 3rd Infantry Brigade in South Armagh?

There was also a Royal Military Police presence...I'm not 100% on this but think it might have been 173 Provost Company at Lisburn (at least from August 87 - the lineage of RMP Companies in NI seems a bit complex...a lot of Provost Companies and Regiments have been disbanded then reformed over the years).

The Infantry Battalions are also complicated by the fact that additional Battalions (and occasionally Royal Artillery Field Regiments) transferred in on short term roulement tours. (I'm guessing the orbat above is showing the Battalions on long term tours at the time?).

Finally, I think at during at least part of the 80's there was also an Army Guard Force at the Maze prison which may have been a detached Squadron from an Armoured Regiment or Battery from an Artillery Regiment (operating in an infantry role without their respective tanks / artilley pieces). Again I think this was a short term roulement posting.

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