Later the marchers avoided the town centre of Newry and held instead a peaceful protest meeting in a meadow. ; Isle of Wight, Colonial Corps the flats were long gone when i was there 93. Please note, a small selection of muster rolls and pay lists from WO 12 are available online via Ancestry (). 38th Giberalter ; Derry The bomb was safely made harmless and life returned to what is normal for Belfast, Northern Ireland. The musters are bound together in annual volumes for each regiment and are held in the War Office (WO) series, listed below. Their operational division and use of installations replicates that of the British Army although both forces have numerous bases within their sole control. 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They. 222 Belfast News-Letter 177 Northern Whig 66 Belfast Commercial Chronicle 59 Belfast Morning News 35 Ulster Examiner and Northern Star More Newspapers . PA NEWS PHOTO 20/11/79 PRINCE CHARLES WEARING A REGIMENTAL TAM O SHANTER, TALKING WITH MEN OF THE 1ST BATTALION GORDON HIGHLANDERS AT ARMAGH DURING A SURPRISE SIX HOUR VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND.Ref #: PA.1128119. Undocumented illegal entries and asylum seekers are a threat to national security? They are soldiers of the Royal Green Jackets Regiment and they are billeted in an old and decaying mill just off the notorious Falls Road -- scene of the worst fighting in the Northern Ireland capital. Hours earlier, Lord Louis Mountbatten, a high profile member of the Royal Family, had been killed by a PIRA bomb whileon holidayat Mullaghmore in County Sligo. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 8th do, Longford 88th Malta ; Boyle Directions . A British Army base in South Armagh, 1977. The overall dates are 1756 to 1900, but for most regiments there are volumes for the first half of the 19th century only. The RUC operates seven hilltop repeater stations across the Six . In terms of statistics, an early 19th century list gives the total accommodation in 121 permanent and 171 temporary barracks (both infantry and cavalry barracks) as 73,462 personnel, including 2,525 officers and 70,937 other ranks (non-commissioned officers/N.C.O.s and private soldiers). One of Belfast's most battle-scarred military bases is to be shut down, it was announced today. Vol. 15th Ceylon ; Waterford 19th Corfu ; Carlow (2nd batt.) This is a list of notable bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath. 70th Dublin St. Petersburg. Portman street 93rd Montreal ; Newbridge 6th do (Inniskilling) Birmingham December in Derry. By 1972, the British government suspended the Northern Ireland parliament and imposed direct rule from London. 48th Jamaica ; Kilkenny We understand one child at least was born in Ireland, possibly two, Samuel b 1827/1828 . British Army numbers and installations in the regionwere reduced and security procedures gradually relaxed. Their intelligence officer, armed with an S80 rifle - one round of which could blow apart a human body - asked McGuinness to open the boot of his car. How to search for musters and pay lists 1878-1898, Friends of The National 6th do Manchester A British Army base in South Armagh, 1977 Direct rule In July 1972 the Army carried out Operation Motorman. 75th Birr The troubles were at their height. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.2492369, A man hurls missiles at an overturned bread delivery van that was set afire in the Bogside district of Londonderry, Northern Ireland in August 1979. Winchester, 1st Foot 12th Lancers, Coventry Since 2008, the Barracks has been Regimental Headquarters of the Royal Irish Regiment. It was the longest-running military campaign in British history. As the numbers of troops deployed in the Northern Ireland fluctuated, counter-terrorist action by the British Army and intelligence agencies was stepped up. Photograph: Alex Bowie/Getty Images Like Lenadoon and Andersonstown, Twinbrook was, as far as the IRA was concerned,. Rioting broke out after the British troops appeared at an afternnoon rally in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The aftermath of a terrorist bombing, 1972, Army bombdisposal officers detonate a device, 1975. Of these, halfwere killed byparamilitariesand half diedfrom other causes. 21st Madras ; Chatham Enniskillen (103), Derry and South Antrim, and latterly within Antrim Road Barracks (26), Belfast. When they first came, in plumed berets and low-slung rifles, the British Army were hailed as heroes and saviours on the streets of Northern Ireland. The Troubles saw 3,600 people killed and thousands more injured. Six civilians and a BritishArmy chaplain were killed. Does your disability preclude you from coming to the feckin point? Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment Canada A wide variety of facilities are available for soldiers to use off duty, including a swimming pool, squash courts, saunas, bars and a gymnasium. 49th Dublin 763 - the number of soldiers and police killed in Northern Ireland. By the early 1990s, the PIRA had startedto concentrate on civilian targets on the mainland. Scarletto - not being pedantic mate but are you sure of the date for the Coldstream Guards as being the 15th. (2d batt.) In return the IRA bombed their way through Ulster including the Bloody Friday campaign in Belfast in March 1972, when 20 bombs were detonated without warning. They were stationed in the installation through decades of civil unrest and violence in the North. Simply enter your email address below to start receiving our monthly email newsletter. 50th Bengal ; Chatham Terrorism expert Kevin Toolis, a reporter in Belfast at the height of the Troubles, reflects on the withdrawl of troops from Northern Ireland. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10990757Date: 01/01/1972, A British soldier guards firemen fighting a blaze after a bomb blast at a millers beside the River Foyle in Londonderry, when bombers opened a new offensive in the city in response to the shooting deaths of 13 civilians at the weekend by British soldiers.Ref #: PA.12441676Date: 03/02/1972, Local children taunt a British soldier as he stands guard in Londonderry, Northern Ireland on April 13, 1972, after an explosion in the city center. 1840 70th. 2d Dragoon Gds Longford, for Dublin 16th Lancers, Bengal ; Maidstone There are also description books for the Royal Artillery, 1749-1863 and 1773-1876, in WO 54/260-309 and WO 69/74-80, respectively, and for the Royal Irish Artillery, 1756-1774, in WO 69/620. Empire 7th Barbadoes ; Naas British Army military detention barracks 1914 The following details were issued with Army Orders dated 1 January 1914, showing where soldiers under sentence were to be committed and the accommodation that was available there. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11810340, People move to and from the Bogside area of Londonderry after a night of rioting in which at least five people were shot dead.Ref #: PA.4885494, A wedding couple sitting in the back of a truck is stopped and checked by British soldiers in Shankill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland.Ref #: PA.11024905, Private Edward Egan of the 1st battalion The Queens Regiment, from Uckfield, Sussex, stands guard on the city walls overlooking Bogside, the Catholic area of troubled Londonderry.Ref #: PA.7780792Date: 08/10/1969, British soldiers stand guard as a department store goes up in flames in the center of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Jan. 4, 1972. RM BK7NFY - Roadsign for Palace Barracks, the main British army base in Belfast and Northern Ireland. 58th New South Wales ; Chatham 88th Malta ; Boyle St Petersburg is the city Christopher Hitchens called "an apparent temple of civilization: the polished window between Russia and Europe the, "I never saw Eric Ravilious depressed. But talks between John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and Gerry Adams of Sinn Fein, along with secret contacts with the British Government, began to formthe basis for a new peace initiative. 86th Bombay ; Chatham When the boots of 300 soldiers hit the ground in Londonderry in August 1969, so began the longest continuous campaign in British military history. Search the Archive. (AP-Photo/Peter Kemp) 02/11/1971Ref #: PA.4885214, British troops sift through the ruins of a supermarket after a bomb exploded in Cavehill Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1971. Troops were sent to Northern Ireland as peacekeepers in 1969. James Anthony Oliver Corry sentenced to four years for part in bombing of British army barracks in 1996. County Forums including Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British Islands. The soldiers were part of a contingent of the British Army drafted into the area to help quell disorders and outbreaks of rioting a the city caused by friction between rival Catholic and Protestant groups. 20th Bermuda ; Isle ofWight British troops are to quit Girdwood Barracks later this year. The RUC lost 319 officers to terrorist violence. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10462311, A British paratrooper takes a young girl in his arms to comfort her after she had been hurt in the bomb blast in Donegal Street, Belfast.Ref #: PA.1666851Date: 20/03/1972, Members of the Irish Republican Army, unseen, watched by local children and British soldiers, lead a parade past a British Army observation post before arriving at Milltown Cemetery in the Falls Road area of west Belfast, Northern Ireland, April 1, 1972. 26th Belfast 30th Castlebar 32d Athlone 33rd New Brunswick ; Clonmel 34th Fermoy 38th Giberalter ; Derry 41st Dublin . The regiment also raised 17 Reserve and New Army battalions during the conflict. 14th do, Bombay ; Maidstone In August protest and violence increased further with the introduction of internment: the arrest, interrogation and detention of Republican suspects without trial. War and Conflict. 09:00 to 17:00. Members of the Gordon Highlanders on patrol, 1972. 63d Madras ; Chatham Since 2014, it has also been the base of the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland. And that was just the beginning. An integral part of the agreement was the cessation of paramilitary violence and the decommissioning of stocks of illegal arms. 44th Dublin Palace Barracks, Holywood is a British Army installation in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Irish Republican Army propaganda poster, 1974. The super sangar was built on the location of another block of flats that were taken over and fortified when the William Harvey Presbetarian chapel was taken over for use as a police post. In Derry an IRA unit kidnapped a British Army canteen worker, Patsy Gillespie, and strapped him into an explosives-laden van. #150,000 - how much a senior officer with 22 years' service could expect to get on being signed off, along with a pension. Probably just wishful thinking on my part. Both the base and watchtower are located in the north of the city, where sectarian tensions raged throughout the Troubles. Has the Royal Army Ordnance Corps been resurrected? 26th Belfast 5th Enniskillen (AP Photo/Royle)Ref #: PA.11410107, Armed British soldiers in Belfast, Northern Ireland during disorders in September 1969. And you can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Search the Archive. Regimental musters, from the early 18th century onwards, were taken every month or quarter (frequency varied over the years) for pay and accounting purposes. This information could be of use to people looking for ancestors that are missing from censuses, I am after information on the 70th regiment of Foot, my ancestor Robert Chalmers b 1790 Girvan Ayrshire, joined the army in December 1813. the story goes that he was a soldier until a year or so before his death in 1836 in Glasgow. 64th Dublin In the countryside, particularly South Armagh's 'bandit country', the risk of ambush contributed to the Army's reliance on helicopters both to reconnoitre and ferry troops. 3d do, Ballincollig Windsor; (3d batt) St. George's Barracks. School refusing access to their Disabled Parking bay. 8th do, Longford Initially, it was hoped that the British Army mightbe more readily accepted as a neutralpeacekeeping force. First refusal on the land, just off the Crumlin Road, will be offered to the Northern Ireland administration at market value. You can browse these by regiment. 3d do Sierra Leone 15th Hussars, Madras ; Maidstone By now, the PIRA hada steady supply of arms and money from sympathisers in the Republic of Ireland, the USA and elsewhere. Search by name of regiment and specify the appropriate record series from the table below. The war against Iraq in 1990-91 saw the largest single deployment of British troops since the Second World War. 15th February 1976: An IRA volunteer was shot dead by the British Army while escaping from a gun attack on the Ballygomartin Road in Belfast. For those covering the date of the Battle of Waterloo you can also search by an individuals name. 73d Cork ; Spike Island RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. Most of the squaddies were too young to have served in Northern Ireland, but their equipment and the old snatched Land Rovers from Ulster were still the same. We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11408251, A British soldier with a rifle guards a road outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1976. 98th China ; Chatham RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. 31st Bengal ; Chatham 83d Limerick Some or all of the recommended publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives shop. (2d batt.) (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.11032241, British soldier keeps vigil at a vantage point overlooking the Belfast Docks in Northern Ireland in February 1975. The site is also a Headquarters for MI5. Similar description books for depots, 1768 to 1908, are in WO 67. SYNOPSIS: A welcome cup of tea for the men with just about the toughest job in embattled Belfast. 4th do Edinburgh 7th Barbadoes ; Naas In 1971 the British army took 14 men to a secret location in rural Co Derry and subjected them to a horrific interrogation from which they have never recovered. Britain's most recent war in Afghanistan began in the wake of the '9/11' terrorist attacks on the United States. 11th do, Dublin (In order to make things as easy as possible for you, I have taken all groups which have a place in Ireland mentioned, going to or coming from and placed them in the first table, but I have still left the group listed in the main table), Cavalry Within seconds a huge, blinding explosion engulfed the checkpoint killing five soldiers. And, if youre honest, youll just drag up from the depths all the times youve hated or felt passionately about something and play it. Motto "your Bush is our Home", Very comprehensive. Today it doesn't feel like . They hadopened fire without warning and before they had come under fire from Republican terrorists. 71st Antigua ; Isle of Wight There is no casualty roll for the Royal Air Force outside of the First and Second World Wars, making some . 300 - the approximate number of people killed by the Army in Northern Ireland. Armagh Depot of the Royal Irish Fusiliers Athlone 5th Reserve Brigade Royal Field Artillery Ballincollig 35th Mauritius ; Charles Fort Your search results for kinsale barracks: 815 newspaper articles contained information about kinsale barracks filtered by: County: antrim, northern ireland. In addition to the units shown were the regimental depots of regiments based in Ireland. A military observation post attached to Oldpark police station is also to be removed. On 31 August 1994, the PIRA announced a ceasefire. Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde confirmed the closure as part of new security arrangements. Most soldiering in Northern Ireland was mind-numbingly boring and the squaddies were genuinely excited to at last meet the enemy general. 3rd Winchester A bomb in a hijacked taxi exploded on Monday behind British army barracks in Holywood, County Down, a police spokeswoman said, coinciding with the transfer of police and justice powers to Belfast . The Roman Catholic population of Northern Ireland had little faith in the local police force, viewing the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC)as a pro-Protestant organisation. Coldstream Guards (1st batt.) 25,700 - the highest number of troops serving in the province at any one time. 5,000 - number of troops in the peacetime garrison who will remain until redeployed. 67th Dublin If you are searching within WO 69, search by name of non-commissioned officer or soldier within WO 69. It brought out the worst in both. They forced him to drive to a nearby Army checkpoint and told him that if he reached it within four minutes and got the soldiers to untie him then his life would be spared. Quebec ; Paisley 372 Sun (London) 315 Naval & Military Gazette and Weekly Chronicle of the United Service 304 Morning Herald (London) . 76th Manchester . Victoria Barracks Belfast I am just starting out tracing my family history and have found my grandfather Edward Matthews listed as Soldier on his marriage certificate, residence at the time August 1916 was Victoria Barracks Belfast. Find opening times for British Army Careers Centres - AFCO Belfast in Palace Barracks, Holywood, Down, BT18 9RA and check other details as well, such as: phone number, map, . 93rd Montreal ; Newbridge 23rd Trinidad ; Isle of Wight Over the same period, the total investment for improvements to existing SFA stock will be 185M. Belfast Barracks and Woolwich Barracks - Osnabruck - YouTube 0:00 / 2:37 Belfast Barracks and Woolwich Barracks - Osnabruck The Kentcationers 606 subscribers Subscribe 6K views 4 years ago. [4], In March 2010, it was the site of a bombing. Wales ; Chatham Roberts wife was Sarah (Jelly from Ayrshire) and we wondered would a wife have accompanied Robert in his postings in Ireland etc? FACTS & FIGURES our skills our deployments We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. The blast also ripped through a nearby hardened bunker used for off-duty sleeping soldiers. Thisset a pattern for the next 30 years. 1st Royal Scots arrive in Belfast. VIII, 1858-61, St. Marys, Pawtucket Graveyard Records, Rhode Island. 90th Ceylon ; Hull The Democratic Unionist MP for North Belfast, Mr Nigel Dodds, hit out at the closures. You can also support us by signing up to our Mailing List. 3d do, Ballincollig Women from the New Lodge Road in Belfast protest against the behaviour of the British Army in their area. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.11224982, Shoppers in Belfast, Northern Ireland go about their business with almost total indifference to a British Army street patrol in 1976. 27th Cape of Good Hope ; Guernsey Around1,400British military personnel died during the deployment. 1 No. In the background are local people. "First time @NAM_London today. Ref #: PA.11410183 The bombing campaign of 1974 included attacks on pubs in Birmingham, Guildford and Woolwich in which many civilians died alongside off-duty soldiers. In center background, a fireman directs water into the blaze. (AP Photo/Royle)Ref #: PA.11408268Date: 14/09/1969, An armed British soldier in Belfast, Northern Ireland during disorders in September 1969. Would you be able to post the rest of your work? Call: +442890420109. There were at least 10,000 bomb attacks during the conflict (1969-1998). (AP Photo/Michel Laurent)Ref #: PA.8693089, Women and children stand near an armed British military soldier patrols a street in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Feb. 1972. Subscribe now for regular news, updates and priority booking for events.Sign up, All content is available under the Open Government Licence 60th 1st batt. The 14-acre Girdwood site's shutdown is expected to be completed by the autumn. 3d Lt. do, Bengal ; Maidstone Thispolicy proved counter-productive. 24th Limerick 87th Aberdeen In 1987, eight terrorists were killed in an ambush at Loughall in County Armagh. 10th March RUC and Army vehicles are attacked by 50 men in the Brompton Park in Belfast 13th March Soldiers manning checkpoints will wear reflective clothing and road barriers will be illuminated. 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