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1955-1979 |
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ON guard–On British soil
British Army helps the police in Northern Ireland to guard against outrages by the IRA, Apr 1955 |
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ACROSS the sea to Ireland
The largest exercise in Northern Ireland in peacetime, Jan 1969
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Guardians of water and power
1 PWO moves to Northern Ireland to guard utilities against terrorist attack, Aug 1969 |
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Watchful, wary and waiting
British toops brought in to safeguard life and property in Belfast and Londonderry, Oct 1969 |
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24 hours a day
British toops are equipped and ready, Jan 1970 |
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Guardians of the six counties
The Ulster Defence Regiment, Dec 1970 |
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Baton, shield and rubber bullet
The Army is to be issued with a new kind of weapon to cope with the Troubles, Mar 1971 |
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In the streets of broken glass
With startling suddeness and ferocity, another riot had erupted in trouble-torn Belfast, Sept 1971 |
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REME–The lifesavers
Soldiers and civilians retaliate with lightning counter-measures, Sept 1971 |
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On guard by land, 'sea' and air
17th/21st Lancers on patrol for the safety of the citizens and maintenance of order, Nov 1971 |
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Cavalry of the clouds
The Parachute Squadron, the Royal Armoured Corps, Dec 1971 |
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'Derry diary
SOLDIER shares with gunner-infantrymen, in the violence that is Northern Ireland today, Jan 1972 |
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Life-saving medical services
A super-efficient organisation capable of dealing with any foreseeable riot disaster, Feb 1972 |
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Home, home on the range
Fort Monagh and Silver City, it could almost be in the Wild West , Feb 1973 |
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Boomwatch
Army bomb disposal experts, Feb 1973 |
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Airborne Gunners keep the peace / On the family front
7 Para RHA returns to the UK after four month tour / Life for the family on tour, Mar 1973 |
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Part-timers on the frontline
The Ulster Defence Regiment, Apr 1973 |
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Task Force . . . the trouble-shooters
The Royal Military Police element of the British Army in Northern Ireland, Mar 1974 |
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Wherever the Army goes in Northern Ireland
The Royal Corps of Transport, Apr 1975 |
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UDR–A growing threat to the terrorists
The Ulster Defence Regiment, Dec 1976 |
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No sale for peace in the markets
55 (The Residency) Fd Bty, 49 Fd Regt, RA on patrol in Belfast, May 1977 |
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Gazelle–thoroughbred racer
The Gazelle helicopter, now in service in Northern Ireland, Feb 1978 |
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Graft not glory for Glosters
The Gloucestershire Regiment guards military convoys across County Londonderry, Nov 1978 |
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The first lady of the Greenfinches
Six years ago, Lyn changed her life, The Ulster Defence Regiment, Sep 1979 |
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Tankies tab to keep the peace
2 RTR on foot in the Castlederg Salient, Dec 1979 |
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