1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment
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1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment
amalgamated with the 9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment
in 1991 to form the 1st/9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment.
Ulster Defence Regiment
The Ulster Defence Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army which became operational in 1970, formed on similar lines to other British reserve forces but with the operational role of defence of life or property in Northern Ireland against armed attack or sabotage...
amalgamated with the 9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment
9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment
The 9th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1972 from two companies of the 1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment creating a second battalion in County Antrim. As part of the Options for Change in the British Army it was amalgamated with 1 UDR again in 1991....
in 1991 to form the 1st/9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment.