Ulster Defence Regiment

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The Ulster Defence Regiment was a locally recruited infantry regiment of the British Army in Northern Ireland, active during the Troubles and often associated with controversy over collusion and sectarian violence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army regiment ⓘ
infantry regiment ⓘ
abbreviation UDR ⓘ
allegation collusion with loyalist paramilitaries ⓘ
sectarian violence ⓘ
areaOfOperations Ulster ⓘ
border areas with the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
associatedWith loyalist paramilitary infiltration allegations ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
casualties suffered significant fatalities from republican paramilitary attacks ⓘ
commandStructure Headquarters Northern Ireland ⓘ
conflict Northern Ireland conflict ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles

The Troubles ⓘ
controversy discriminatory recruitment ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
criticizedBy Irish government ⓘ
human rights organizations ⓘ
dateDissolved 1992-06-30 ⓘ
dateFounded 1970-04-01 ⓘ
disbandedBy Options for Change defence review ⓘ
engagedWith Irish National Liberation Army ⓘ
Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Official Irish Republican Army ⓘ
Provisional Irish Republican Army ⓘ
establishedBy Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 ⓘ
followedBy Royal Irish Regiment ⓘ
Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) ⓘ
garrison Northern Ireland ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Northern Ireland ⓘ
mergedInto Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service battalions) ⓘ
motto Quis Separabit ⓘ
notableFor high casualty rate among part-time soldiers ⓘ
largest infantry regiment in the British Army at its peak ⓘ
oversight Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
precededBy Ulster Special Constabulary ⓘ
primaryTask counter-insurgency operations ⓘ
support to Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
recruitedFrom Ulster nationalist community ⓘ
Ulster unionist community ⓘ
local population of Northern Ireland ⓘ
religiousComposition minority Catholic membership ⓘ
predominantly Protestant ⓘ
role internal security ⓘ
light infantry ⓘ
size battalion-based regiment ⓘ
type locally recruited home service regiment ⓘ
uniform British Army standard infantry uniform with distinctive UDR insignia ⓘ

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Miami Showband killings → involvedOrganization → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Operation Banner → participant → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Ulster Defence Regiment → establishedBy → Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Defence Regiment
British Army overseas deployments → hasLocation → Northern Ireland Support to Operation Banner overseas elements ⓘ
linked to: Ulster Defence Regiment
Ulster Special Constabulary → replacedBy → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
B-Specials → replacedBy → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Royal Irish Regiment → formedFrom → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Royal Irish Regiment → predecessor → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Quis Separabit → associatedWith → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Quis Separabit → usedBy → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
Ulster Defence Regiment → legalBasis → Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969 ⓘ
subject linked to: UDR
linked to: Ulster Defence Regiment
Headquarters Northern Ireland → supportedBy → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ
B Specials → successor → Ulster Defence Regiment ⓘ