Images and sounds of sectarian rioting in Northern Ireland became the staple fare of news bulletins.
Synonymous with the petrol bombs and flying bricks were the silhouettes of social soldiers deployed to contain it all.
As the troubles deepened so did the Army's involvement.
Soldier reported: "As Catholics hurled insults on Ballymoney Street, an irate Protestant youth broke the police cordon but was fended off in mid-air by the truncheon of 20-year-old LCpl Terence Evans of the Prince of Wales's Company, Welsh Guards.
Another young man hurled a stone, which cut the lip of LSgt Gerald Evans."
All in an afternoon's work.
In 1974 Turkey invaded Cyprus.
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Baton, shield and rubber bullet – Northern Ireland |
REME design team for Northern Ireland |
Royal Review in Long Valley |
Lancers on patrol – Northern Ireland |
Derry Diary – Northern Ireland and Goodbye to the Persian Gulf |
Medical Services – Northern Ireland |
Introducing UKLF – the Army's new Command |
Square pegs for square holes |
Para Gunners keep the peace and On the family front – Northern Ireland |
Part timers in the front line – Ulster Defence Regiment |
Beside the seaside – Bermuda |
Keeping in knife edge trim – Cyprus |
The new go-anywhere Scorpion |
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RMP in Northern Ireland |
Dead DUKW after 30 years
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Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift |
Back come the families – Cyprus |
Under the Army umbrella – Cyprus |
Once a soldier . . cartoons |
RCT in Northern Ireland |
Soldiers empty Glasgow's bins |
Dhekelia, the new frontier – Cyprus |
Sappers, sappers everywhere |
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