RM 2E7Y68G - A forensic officer examines the scene at the Palace army barracks on the outskirts of Holywood in Belfast, Northern Ireland April 12, 2010. RM G6YF45 - The Prince of Wales meets members of the Mercian Regiment during a visit to Palace Barracks near Belfast, on the second day of his visit to Northern Ireland. Historical background to events in Ireland when Robert Chalmers may have been there. It operates within the 1st Division at continual readiness to deploy on operations and training missions worldwide. (1st batt.) The fire followed explosion of a bomb planted in the building by Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists. In the post-1998 period Northern Ireland became increasingly demilitarised, which included the dismantling of British army barracks and the departure of foot patrols. The overall dates are 1756 to 1900, but for most regiments there are volumes for the first half of the 19th century only. Date. https://www.census.nationalarchives.if_Alley/69255/, Certificates - Births, Marriages and Deaths in the UK, Coastguards and Customs Officers (Preventive Men), English Civil War - (1642-1649) (commonwealth & Protectorate 1644-1659), The Georgian Period - (1714-1830) though could run to 1837, American War of Independence - (1775-1783), The Victorian Period - (1837-1901) though this could run from 1832, Boer Wars - (1880-1881) & (1899-1902) suggest (1880-1902). For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Similar description books for depots, 1768 to 1908, are in WO 67. 46th Canada ; Armagh The exact course of eventswasdisputed for years, butin 1998the British ordered a full-scale judicial inquiry. Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down remains a military base in use by elements of the British Army. 65th Chatham Victoria Barracks was a military installation in New Lodge, Belfast in Northern Ireland. They in 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. One of Belfast's most battle-scarred military bases is to be shut down, it was announced today. From 1888 onwards, the series contains only muster rolls, there are no longer any pay lists and by 1898 muster rolls were no longer kept by the War Office either. 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. You can browse these by regiment. 6th Mullingar This is a list of notable bombings related to the Northern Ireland "Troubles" and their aftermath. 75th Birr 1st Life Gds Hyde Park (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)Ref #: PA.8627246, A British soldier stands guard in a Londonderry Street on following a bomb outrage near the city centre in April 1972. But over the whole 38 years 763 soldiers would die in Ulster's Troubles. There are some difficulties in using WO 16, caused by the re-organisation of the Army in 1881. 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. 11th do, Dublin Windsor; According to security assessments, McGuinness still held an IRA leadership position at the time of the London Docklands and Thiepval Barracks bombs in 1996. 95th Ceylon ; Tralee, END of copied section. made good reading,must have taken ages to typeill make a copy for the museums ni sectionif you dont mind. National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902. 28th Bombay ; Chatham (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. In the background are local people. 39th Bengal ; Chatham 1 No. I listened many times to people talk of houses that were raided, constantly heard helicopters flying low overhead, and will never forget the sound of a nail bomb that killed a British soldier. In August 1979, the PIRA killed 18 soldiers from the Parachute Regiment and the Queens Own Highlanders in anambush at Warrenpoint near the Irish border. 87th Aberdeen Updated on 26/07/2021 +44 28 9042 0109. There was certainly plenty to keep them occupied on the streets in the Falls Road and the Shankill Road in 1976. 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. Enniskillen (103), Derry and South Antrim, and latterly within Antrim Road Barracks (26), Belfast. British troops are to quit Girdwood Barracks later this year. Riot gear became an integral part of the British soldier's kit. Earlier this month I was in Kabul in Afghanistan at the site of a suicide bomb attack on a British military convoy. They ended up staying there until 2007 in what became the British Army's longest ever deployment. The two merged in 1856, as the Royal Engineers, Infantry regiments, which had been known by numbers (for example, 28th Foot), were to become known by a title, usually a county, Regiments from the 26th Foot onwards were paired together to form new regiments (for example, the 28th Foot and the 61st Foot became the Gloucester Regiment), Each new regiment was to have two battalions, as the first 25 Foot regiments already did, The lower number became the 1st battalion and the higher number became the 2nd battalion (thus, the 28th Foot and the 61st Foot became the 1st and 2nd Battalions respectively of the Gloucester Regiment), All infantry regiments were placed into numbered regimental districts. 95th Ceylon ; Tralee 93rd Montreal ; Newbridge 68th Portsmouth Mr Orde, who consulted the British army's General Officer Commanding in Northern Ireland, Major General Phillip Trousdell, insisted the move would not impact on military back-up to his force. The Kenya Emergency, or Mau Mau Revolt, was one of the British Army's bloodiest and most controversial post-war conflicts. 84th Madras ; chatham Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purposeto let someone know "I'm here. 45th : 1st batt. 13th Walmer Castle And from the Army's side there was little choice either. Merville Barracks is the central camp of Colchester Garrison and houses the headquarters of 16 Air Assault Brigade, 18 Army Education Centre, the WRVS centre and living accommodation for. 82nd Canada ; Kinsale 1972 also saw the resignation of the Northern Ireland Government and a return to direct rule from Westminster. This wasan attempt to regain control of no-go areas, primarily in Derry and Belfast. Members of the Gordon Highlanders on patrol, 1972. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10990748, Belfast city center is cleared on Feb. 3, 1973, so that British Army bomb disposal experts could de-fuse a bomb placed on this tanker, at right, containing 4,000 gallons of petrol. Today nothing remains of the original Belfast Barrack which stood in the lower Falls area of West Belfast. 21st Madras ; Chatham In the decades of conflict the Army hardened their bunkers and employed sophisticated electronic counter-measures that made it harder for the IRA to kill soldiers. You are using an out of date browser. 13th Lt. Dragoons, Cahir If you enjoy what we do, please consider becoming a patron with a recurring monthly subscription of your choosing. It hardened legitimate opposition and bolstered support for the PIRA, particularly in the Catholic housing estates of Belfast and Derry. 24th Limerick 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. 79th Bombay ; belturbet There is no casualty roll for the Royal Air Force outside of the First and Second World Wars, making some . 4th do, Hounslow RootsChat.com cannot be held responsible directly or indirectly for the messages or content posted by others. Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment 1840 74th. 4th Madras, Chatham 59th Leeds A total of 14,000 men were recruited, although none. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10766315, British troops prepare to move an overturned and wrecked car, used as a barricade in Newtownwards Road in Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland in May 1974, during the strike called by members of the Ulster Workers Council. Believing the bunker was under attack he had taken up position and fired at the shadows he thought were attackers. Gibralter ; Nenagh (1st) Wellington Barracks; 12th Lancers, Coventry 77th Jamaica ; Templemore 89th Quebec ; Carlisle Thisgreatly increased support for PIRA and its political wing, Sinn Fein. 38 - the number of years that Operation Banner lasted. 9th Lancers, Bengal ; Maidstone 2d do, Dublin Terrorism expert Kevin Toolis, a reporter in Belfast at the height of the Troubles, reflects on the withdrawl of troops from Northern Ireland. Ireland 25,700 - the highest number of troops serving in the province at any one time. 90th Ceylon ; Hull Chronicle 4th do Edinburgh If you are searching within WO 69, search by name of non-commissioned officer or soldier within WO 69. The Royal Ulster Rifles moved to St . 31st Bengal ; Chatham 300 - the approximate number of people killed by the Army in Northern Ireland. 70th Dublin British troops stand guard on a beach near Belfast, Northern Irelands capital in July 1972, as local families bath in the sea. 1st Royal Scots arrive in Belfast. If you want to stimulate interest, keep it short. During the Crimean War, men were recruited abroad to form the British German Legion, the British Italian Legion, and the British Swiss Legion. (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. 83d Limerick Scar, your list lost it's impact after 03 Jan. But what began as a short-term necessity, after Ulster's police force collapsed in exhaustion, soon turned into the longest campaign in the entire history of the British Army. Later the marchers avoided the town centre of Newry and held instead a peaceful protest meeting in a meadow. Description books of sappers, miners, artificers and the like, 1756-1833, are in WO 54/310-316. 57th Madras ; Chatham Cape Mount Riflemen Cape Good Hope While the process of normalisation continued, sectarian violence and paramilitary crimes still occurred. List of British Army installations A Abercorn Barracks C Charlemont Fort D Drumadd Barracks E Ebrington Barracks G Gough Barracks M Mahon Road Barracks Massereene Barracks P Palace Barracks S Shackleton Barracks St Lucia Barracks, Omagh St Patrick's Barracks T Thiepval Barracks V Victoria Barracks, Belfast There are a few positive lessons to be learned from Operation Banner. St. Petersburg. 3d do Sierra Leone 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. (second batt.) Watch our webinar on Army musters more than just accounts which tells you what you can discover in the records. (3d batt) St. Georges Barracks, Coldstream Guards Riot police wearing helmets and gas masks during disturbances with Catholic rioters along a street in the Bogside area of Londonderry, Northern Ireland on Aug. 13, 1969. 19th Corfu ; Carlow 8th do, Longford 88th Malta ; Boyle These. Harry's Game is a British television drama mini-series made by Yorkshire Television for ITV in 1982, closely based on the 1975 novel Harry's Game by Gerald Seymour, a former journalist. Does your disability preclude you from coming to the feckin point? The musters, service records and attestation papers of the German and Swiss Legions are in WO 15, searchable by regiment in our catalogue. 88th Malta ; Boyle check out the. 76th Manchester We place some essential cookies on your device to make this website work. The troubles were at their height. Stations of the British Army 1st Foot (AP Photo/Royle)Ref #: PA.11408158Date: 14/09/1969, Captain Young of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers holds the British Armys new anti riot weapon, the rubber bullet, which was used recently in the new Lodge Road area of Belfast, Northern Ireland during riots in 1970. That 38-year military campaign came to an end at midnight. Most soldiering in Northern Ireland was mind-numbingly boring and the squaddies were genuinely excited to at last meet the enemy general. Armalite AR15 self-loading rifle used by the PIRA, 1975, A British officer in the aftermath of a terrorist incident, 1977. From 1878 to 1898, all muster rolls and pay lists are in WO 16. Ditto IRISH INFANTRY, THE SHARP POINT OF THE BAYONET Built with fighting spirit, tradition, and Irish character, we are the only Irish Infantry Regiment of the line in the British Army. In August 2008, 19th Light Brigade moved into Thiepval Barracks from Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire. RootsChat.com is a totally free family history forum to help you. 5th do Nottingham On Easter Monday 1916, Irish nationalists launched an armed revolt against British rule in Ireland. By 1972, the British government suspended the Northern Ireland parliament and imposed direct rule from London. British forces suffered many casualties in 1988 and 1989. July 21, 1972: Twenty-plus IRA bombs explode in Belfast, leaving nine dead and 130 injured on what will come to be called Bloody Friday. Coldstream Guards (1st batt.) It was the longest-running military campaign in British history. 80th Bengal ; Chatham The plan was to restore public order and be. (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. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)Ref #: PA.11197851. (1st batt.) They. 1840 70th. 222 Belfast News-Letter 177 Northern Whig 66 Belfast Commercial Chronicle 59 Belfast Morning News 35 Ulster Examiner and Northern Star More Newspapers . HalifaxN.S. The Special Branch and the security . Althoughclassified as non-lethal weapons, their use against rioters resulted in the deaths of several civilians. Scarletto - not being pedantic mate but are you sure of the date for the Coldstream Guards as being the 15th. (AP Photo/Royle)Ref #: PA.11408246Date: 14/09/1969, Bernadette Devlin, firebrand Catholic civil rights leader and Member of Parliament for Mid-Ulster, surrounded by British troops, leaves court at Londonderry, Northern Ireland, on Dec. 22, 1969, after receiving six months jail sentence on charges of inciting people to riotous behavior. 26th Belfast 60th 1st batt. 25th Madras ; Chatham research. 17th do, Brighton, Infantry 2d do, Dublin 17th Bombay ; Chatham There were casualties on both sides while the innocent were caught. 7th Hussars, Ipswich Below is the complete list as it was published, Cavalry 1st Dragoon Gds Exeter Mustor (muster) books and pay lists: General series: Cavalry (Swift, 1984), Amanda Bevan, Tracing your Ancestors in the The National Archives (The National Archives, 2006), J Gibson and M Medlycott, Militia lists and musters, 1757-1876: a directory of holdings in the British Isles (Federation of Family History Societies, 2004), William Spencer, Army Records: A guide for family historians (The National Archives, 2008), William Spencer, Records of the Militia and Volunteer Forces 1757-1945 (Public Record Office, 1997), For quick pointersTuesday to Saturday Published in The Kings Co. 26th Belfast 30th Castlebar 32d Athlone 33rd New Brunswick ; Clonmel 34th Fermoy 38th Giberalter ; Derry 41st Dublin . Yes I have a dark side, doesnt everyone? Sign-in; . Please consider making a donation to our site. The incidentwas arare case of soldiers breaking the Army's 'Rules of Engagement' which strictly regulated when they could open fire. In 1987, withAnglo-Irish co-operation increasing, Republicans killed 11 people at Enniskillens war memorial during aRemembrance Sunday service. He seems to have been able to father 5 children during his service! James Anthony Oliver Corry, centre, is escorted into court in Osnabrck, on Wednesday . The most severe incident wasthe killing of 10Royal Marines in a bomb at the Royal Marines School of Music at Deal in Kent. VIII, 1858-61, St. Marys, Pawtucket Graveyard Records, Rhode Island. . See Mercenaries for the Crimea by C C Bayley (London, 1977). (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11384803, Catholic youths throw stones and gasoline bombs at British troops, Aug.12,1979. Soldiers and vehicles on patrol in Northern Ireland, undertaking searches and acting as snatch squads, increasingly came under attack from terrorists and rioters using petrol and nail bombs. The advantage of this was that soldiers had an end in sight and there was a limit to the length of theirexposure to stress and danger. In a book that became to be known as 'The People of the Abyss' London described the time when he lived in the Whitechapel district sleeping in workhouses, so-called doss-houses and even on the streets. (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 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. A British soldier in an army observation post overlooking Belfast in 1978. The atrocity shocked people on all sides, but it also spurred moderateIrish nationalists to seek a political solution to the conflict. 66th Giberalter ; Clare Castle The Troubles saw 3,600 people killed and thousands more injured. 3rd Winchester Loyalist paramilitary groups, including the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and the Ulster Defence Association (UDA), intent on keeping the regionpart of the United Kingdom, also stepped up their campaign of sectarian violence. Regimental musters, from the early 18th century onwards, were taken every month or quarter (frequency varied over the years) for pay and accounting purposes. [7], In 2014, it became the base for the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland.[8]. Security was then transferred to the police. Troops were sent to Northern Ireland as peacekeepers in 1969. Northern Ireland Chief Constable Hugh Orde confirmed the closure as part of new security arrangements. 33rd New Brunswick ; Clonmel The disadvantage was that the build-up of experience and local knowledge could be curtailed and the benefits of continuity lost. Infantry Regiment known after 1881 as 2nd. I was such a red arrse. (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. Alternatively, search more than 1 million objects from IWM collections Secondary navigation. 1972 also saw the resignation of the Northern Ireland Government and a return to direct rule from Westminster. The resulting furore brought Ulster to the brink of civil war. 20th Bermuda ; Isle ofWight Mounted troops passing Talavera Barracks, Aldershot, around the turn of the century. 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. The 'Good Friday Agreement' marked a return to devolved government in Northern Irelandwith the establishment of a power-sharing administration. It began with riots, then shooting, then nail bombs - and then the first deaths. Quebec ; Paisley It began in August 1969 and was not formally ended until 2007, well after the Good Friday Agreement. 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. These forces were formed as a result of the Enlistment of Foreigners Act 1854 and they became known collectively as the British Foreign Legion. Memories fade, but those who believe the Troubles were some textbook counter insurgency are fooling themselves. Your search results for kinsale barracks: 1552 newspaper articles contained information about kinsale barracks filtered by: Region: northern ireland, northern ireland. DONATE, Before the money moved in, Kings Cross was a place for born-and-bred locals, clubs and crime, See what really went on during that time in NYC's topless go-go bars, Chris Stein 's photographs of Debbie Harry and friends take us back to a great era of music. Where two places are mentioned, the last named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11655907, Troops of the Royal Scots Regiment in riot protection clothing in Belfast, Northern Ireland during a drill parade in July 1970. Falls area of West Belfast to be shut Down, it was the longest-running military campaign in British history in... 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