10th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

Military unit Ulster Defence Regiment List of battalions and locations of the Ulster Defence Regiment November 2021 10th (City of Belfast) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment Insignia of the Ulster Defence Regiment.svg Ulster Defence regimental crest 1972–1984 United Kingdom Flag of the British Army (1938-present).svgBritish Army Infantry battalion Internal Security 750 Lisburn Regimental Headquarters (Quick) Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh. (Slow) Oft in the Stilly Night "Quis Separabit" (Latin)"Who Shall Separate Us?" First: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO. Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL Colonel Commandant Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE Colonel of the Regiment The 10th (City of Belfast) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1972 from elements of the 7th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment creating a second battalion in Belfast. It was again amalgamated with 7 UDR in 1984 to form the 7th/10th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment.http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/5952.aspx The Ulster Defence Regiment 2009-04-25 British Army dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022912/http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/5952.aspx 14 January 2009 Uniform, armament & equipment See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment Greenfinches Ulster_Defence_Regiment#Women.27s_UDR_.28Greenfinches.29 Women's UDR Notable personnel :Category:Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers :Category:Ulster Defence Regiment officers Gerry Adams wounded When Gerry Adams (the Sinn Féin president) was wounded in an assassination attempt by three members of the UFF it was an off duty full-time Non-commissioned officer of 10 UDRRyder p197 who gave chase to their car and arrested them, assisted by an off duty policeman.Potter p267 This is not noted in Adams' Sinn Féin biographyhttp://www.sinnfein.org/releases/gerry.html Profile of Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams Sinnfein.org 2013-07-17 and the BBC still insists the assailants were arrested by "plain clothes policemen".https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/14/newsid_2543000/2543503.stm BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1984: Sinn Féin leader shot in street attack BBC News 1991-03-14 2013-07-17 The UDR NCO received the Queen's Gallantry Medal for arresting the gunmen. In the long term however the soldier was intimidated out of his home and the UDR as a direct result of these arrests.Potter p268 Investigations A 1977 Army investigation involving D Company, 10 UDR, based at Girdwood Barracks in Belfast revealed that about 70 of the company's soldiers were suspected of links to the UVF, but evidence was only found against two, who were dismissed on security grounds. 30 soldiers from D Company were suspected of fraudulently diverting £47,000 to the UVF; and that UVF members socialized at Girdwood Barracks junior ranks mess. This investigation was halted after a senior UDR officer claimed it was harming morale.http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/20/udr-girdwood-story/british-army-covered-up-udr-units-links-to-uvf "British army 'covered up' UDR units links to UVF" See also Ulster Defence Regiment List of battalions and locations of the Ulster Defence Regiment Bibliography A Testimony to Courage – the Regimental History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969 – 1992, John Potter, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2001, 0-85052-819-4 The Ulster Defence Regiment: An Instrument of Peace?, Chris Ryder 1991 0-413-64800-1 Lost Lives, David McKittrick, Mainstream, 2004, 184018504X collapsed References Category:Military history of County Antrim Category:Military history of County Down Category:Military units and formations established in 1972 Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1992 Category:Battalions of the Ulster Defence Regiment Category:British organisations established in 1972 Category:1984 disestablishments in the United Kingdom