50th Bengal ; Chatham Palace Barracks, Holywood is a British Army installation in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland . 48th Jamaica ; Kilkenny Civil unrest continued and violence against the security forces increased. The atrocity shocked people on all sides, but it also spurred moderateIrish nationalists to seek a political solution to the conflict. In August protest and violence increased further with the introduction of internment: the arrest, interrogation and detention of Republican suspects without trial. This includedthe detonation of alarge bomb in the City of London in 1993. (2d batt.) NAIRAC WAS EXECUTED BY THE FIRST BATTALION OF THE IRA AFTER DISAPPEARING IN DRUMINTREE. [15], Last edited on 25 February 2023, at 18:39, "The History of the Culloden Estate and Spa", "Army Base Palace Barracks," Domesday Reloaded, BBC website, "Car bomb explodes near MI5 base in Belfast", "Families' anger as Royal Scots Borderers moved", "Belfast-based 1 Scots to lead Army's new Ranger Regiment", "152 (North Irish) Regiment RLC look back on 2016", "Palace Barracks explosion: Major review of security ordered at MI5 base in wake of bomb blast", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palace_Barracks&oldid=1141570015, This page was last edited on 25 February 2023, at 18:39. British army bosses will attempt to relocate 16 civilian staff, either to Ministry of Defence offices or other government departments. 5th Enniskillen December. How to search for musters and pay lists 1878-1898, Friends of The National But over the whole 38 years 763 soldiers would die in Ulster's Troubles. 82nd Canada ; Kinsale And from the Army's side there was little choice either. You can use these records to trace the outline of a soldiers service in the British Army between c.1730 and 1898. (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. The aftermath of a terrorist bombing, 1972, Army bombdisposal officers detonate a device, 1975. Mounted troops passing Talavera Barracks, Aldershot, around the turn of the century. From today it is down to the police service of Northern Ireland to keep order in the province. [3], Palace Barracks became the Regimental Headquarters of the Royal Irish Regiment in 2008. In February 1972 Aldershot barracks wasbombedin retaliation. The only troops left in Northern Ireland were there for training purposes. 76th Manchester In addition to the units shown were the regimental depots of regiments based in Ireland. 15th Ceylon ; Waterford Search by name of regiment and specify the appropriate record series from the table below. In the background are local people. Something went wrong, please try again later. 17th Bombay ; Chatham A British Army base in South Armagh, 1977 Direct rule In July 1972 the Army carried out Operation Motorman. Armalite AR15 self-loading rifle used by the PIRA, 1975, A British officer in the aftermath of a terrorist incident, 1977. The British Government ordered the deployment of troops to Northern Ireland in August 1969. In those hot days of riot and . The plan was to restore public order and be. The blast also ripped through a nearby hardened bunker used for off-duty sleeping soldiers. 15th Hussars, Madras ; Maidstone The Special Branch and the security . . They forced him to drive to a nearby Army checkpoint and told him that if he reached it within four minutes and got the soldiers to untie him then his life would be spared. As soldiers are mobilised to help public services deal with the coronavirus pandemic, we explore how Britain has often had to rely upon the Army at times of emergency. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)Ref #: PA.4885238, A young child, resting on a mans shoulders, holds a hanging effigy of a British soldier during a march in Belfast, capital of Northern Ireland, Feb. 1972. If you enjoy what we do, please consider becoming a patron with a recurring monthly subscription of your choosing. The 14-acre Girdwood site's shutdown is expected to be completed by the autumn. (1st batt.) To view the muster roll or pay list itself you will need to order the original document. 63d Madras ; Chatham These photos are of those times. Each series is searchable in Discovery, our catalogue. Gillespie drove to the checkpoint but the IRA had lied - the bomb was on a three-minute timer. Initially, it was hoped that the British Army mightbe more readily accepted as a neutralpeacekeeping force. Your mob were Bde reserve and supported us with a platoon in 83. It began in August 1969 and was not formally ended until 2007, well after the Good Friday Agreement. This was when the British Armytrained its guns on British citizens on British soil: British troops in Belfast, Northern Ireland stand outside a new all weather shelter in October 1969. 10th Hussars, York The first entry for a recruit in a muster book usually gives his age, place of enlistment and trade. 53rd Bengal ; Chatham 78th Bombay ; Chatham Undocumented illegal entries and asylum seekers are a threat to national security? 1st Royal Scots arrive in Belfast. (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. 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. Each volume of the Army List has an alphabetical list of regiments: find the title of the regiment, and turn to the page indicated which lists the various designations over time of its component parts. These give a description of each soldier, his age, place of birth, trade and service, and are in WO 25/266-688, which can be searched by regiment in our catalogue. Area was the scene of continued bitter fighting as British forces clashed with elements of the Irish Republican Army provisional wing. 1840 70th. It continued for 13 years with the last combat troops leaving the country on 26 October 2014. On Sunday30 January 1972, a civil rights march in Derrybecame the focus of international attention when British troops killed 14 people and wounded another 13. (AP Photo/Michel Lipchitz)Ref #: PA.11926367, Local children taunt and play with a British soldier as he stands guard in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, April 13, 1972, following an explosion in the city. Get email updates with the day's biggest stories. 44th Dublin Numbers have steadily decreased since 1992. In the summer of '69, the welcome for these strange men with guns soon wore out in the grim Catholic housing estates of Belfast and Derry. No one was injured. 1st Foot There are some difficulties in using WO 16, caused by the re-organisation of the Army in 1881. James Anthony Oliver Corry, centre, is escorted into court in Osnabrck, on Wednesday . (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. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.10778610, An injured soldier is dragged away by his comrades during a riot in the Falls Road, Belfast, on the first day of Queen Elizabeth IIs Silver Jubilee visit to Northern Ireland.Ref #: PA.11734482Date: 10/08/1977. Early on, the British developed the tactic of operating and patrolling from fortified bases in Northern Ireland'smajor towns. December in Derry. Despitethe Army comingunder the control of the Secretary of State for Defence in London, many Catholics saw it as a tool of the Unionist Government in Northern Ireland. 73d Cork ; Spike Island 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. The Northern Ireland Victims Commission's 1998report 'to look at possible ways to recognise the pain and suffering felt by victims of violence arising from the troubles' referred to over 3,600 deaths since 1969, just over half ofwhom were civilians. Thought the presentation & interpretation made the subject accessible". Accordingly,the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA), which had formed in 1969 and whosemembership was growing, increased levels ofviolence against both the police and the Army. I'm thinking of you" - Pablo Iglesias Maurer, At the end of October 1959 in the basement of 39 Gerrard Street - an unexceptional and damp space that was once a sort of rest room for taxi drivers and an occasional tea bar - Ronnie Scott opened his first jazz club. Earlier this month I was in Kabul in Afghanistan at the site of a suicide bomb attack on a British military convoy. 1st Dragoons, Dundalk Throughout the 1980s, as Sinn Fein attempted to gain political influence, the PIRA and other groups such as the Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) continued their campaign of violence. 300,000 - the total number of military personnel who have served in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner. 49th Dublin 38th Giberalter ; Derry It includes bombings that took place in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain since 1969. Memories fade, but those who believe the Troubles were some textbook counter insurgency are fooling themselves. 83d Limerick When i started doing this, i was and no offense to UDR/RUC just doing the Army. St. johns Wood 93rd Montreal ; Newbridge Their operational division and use of installations replicates that of the British Army although both forces have numerous bases within their sole control. A British Army ATO approaches a "suspect device" in Belfast, Northern Ireland. 66th Giberalter ; Clare Castle 4th do Edinburgh They, along with pay lists, were effectively the main everyday service records kept by the army of men in active service. Republican militants exploded a bomb in a hijacked taxi behind a British army barracks in Northern Ireland on Monday, minutes after the transfer of police and justice powers from London to Belfast was completed. 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. (1st batt.) (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. Wellington Barracks; (2nd batt.) For those covering the date of the Battle of Waterloo you can also search by an individuals name. 60th 2nd batt. The overall dates are 1756 to 1900, but for most regiments there are volumes for the first half of the 19th century only. 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 73d Cork ; Spike Island These forces were formed as a result of the Enlistment of Foreigners Act 1854 and they became known collectively as the British Foreign Legion. If you want to stimulate interest, keep it short. 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. By the early 1990s, the PIRA had startedto concentrate on civilian targets on the mainland. 85th st. Vincent ; Newry Ephemeral, disposable, they served only one purposeto let someone know "I'm here. I started my reporting career in Ulster and I never failed to be shocked at the sight of 16-strong squads of British troops in full combat gear, armed to the teeth, strolling through streets that could have been Glasgow or Liverpool. . Britain's most recent war in Afghanistan began in the wake of the '9/11' terrorist attacks on the United States. Gibralter ; Nenagh They were working-class boys and many were scared - just like the enemy. 1970. Winchester, 1st Foot To trace a mans army career by way of the musters, you will have to know the name of his regiment. 40th Bengal ; Chatham General Sir Harry Tuzo, GOC Northern Ireland, (centre) with a Military Police escort in Newry.Ref #: PA.1703356Date: 06/02/1972, British troops search the handbags of Ulster women on the outskirts of the Northern Ireland town of Newry on Feb. 6, 1972, the day scheduled for a massive demonstration by the Pro-Catholic Civil Rights movement, to protest over the shooting of 13 civilians in Londonderry. Over the same period, the total investment for improvements to existing SFA stock will be 185M. Published in The Kings Co. 28th Bombay ; Chatham Empire When they first came, in plumed berets and low-slung rifles, the British Army were hailed as heroes and saviours on the streets of Northern Ireland. 10th Bengal ; Chatham Belfast Regional Command: Thiepval Barracks Lisburn (162). Republican militants exploded a bomb in a hijacked taxi behind a British army barracks in Northern Ireland on Monday, minutes after the transfer of police and justice powers from London to . 55th Devenport Public revulsion to the bombings led the Government to pass the Prevention of Terrorism Act (1974), which strengthened the police's legal powers to detain suspects. A police officers patrols at the Massereene army barracks in Antrim, west of Belfast, Northern Ireland Sunday, March, 8, 2009 after two British soldiers were shot to death and four other. 2d Life Gds Windsor Alternatively, search The National Archives Library to see what is available to consult at Kew. Three mortars hit Fort Monagh British Army base in West Belfast. At present, the British Army has 47 regular and reserve infantry battalions. But a spokesman admitted some redundancies may be necessary. Enniskillen (103), Derry and South Antrim, and latterly within Antrim Road Barracks (26), Belfast. This was to counter the growing disorder surrounding civil rights protests and an increase in sectarian violence during the traditional Protestant marching season. For men like McGuinness, war and conflict with the British Army was now inevitable. 57th Madras ; Chatham It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. 21st Madras ; Chatham 98th China ; Chatham 2d do, Dublin (AP Photo/Royle)Ref #: PA.11408268Date: 14/09/1969, An armed British soldier in Belfast, Northern Ireland during disorders in September 1969. 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. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11408251, A British soldier with a rifle guards a road outside of Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1976. Knowing what was to follow, the venue was apposite. The 'Good Friday Agreement' marked a return to devolved government in Northern Irelandwith the establishment of a power-sharing administration. On 31 August 1994, the PIRA announced a ceasefire. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11224985, BELFAST IRA CLASHES British troops straddle a main road near the Catholic Unity flats in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during a lull in the recent current wave of disorders which had flared up in a show of strength by a breakaway group of the Irish Republican Army earlier in the week. [5] An elderly man was blown off his feet and had to be treated in hospital. National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4HTRegistered Charity Number: 237902. These units are organised into several different companies/squadrons, which in turn are organised into several different Corps or Regiments of their parent British Army units. 30th Castlebar 32d Athlone 222 Belfast News-Letter 177 Northern Whig 66 Belfast Commercial Chronicle 59 Belfast Morning News 35 Ulster Examiner and Northern Star More Newspapers As the numbers of troops deployed in the Northern Ireland fluctuated, counter-terrorist action by the British Army and intelligence agencies was stepped up. 3 If you are working backwards through the musters, you may need to find the previous regimental number of a 2nd battalion. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10346486Date: 22/12/1969, An armed British soldier in Belfast, Northern Ireland during disorders in September 1969. 75th Birr Women from the New Lodge Road in Belfast protest against the behaviour of the British Army in their area. It also made membership of Republicanand Loyalist paramilitarygroups arrestable offences. Still in Britain on the outbreak of war in 1914, 2nd Battalion deployed straight to the Western Front. They are found at the end of each quarter (or the beginning for regiments stationed in India). 82nd Canada ; Kinsale 12th Mauritius ; Isle Wight South Newfoundland, V.C. Where two places are mentioned, the last named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed. The bombing campaign of 1974 included attacks on pubs in Birmingham, Guildford and Woolwich in which many civilians died alongside off-duty soldiers. The Childers reforms of 1881 (a process which began with the Cardwell reforms of the 1870s) led to major changes within infantry (foot) regiments: The arrangement of WO 16 reflects the re-organisation of the army following the Cardwell-Childers reforms. Victoria Barracks was a military installation in New Lodge, Belfast in Northern Ireland. Similar description books for depots, 1768 to 1908, are in WO 67. Be the first to hear about our latest events, exhibitions and offers. There was certainly plenty to keep them occupied on the streets in the Falls Road and the Shankill Road in 1976. 1st Grenadier Guards British soldiers chat with Irish civilians in late 1969. They were stationed in the installation through decades of civil unrest and violence in the North. The regiment also raised 17 Reserve and New Army battalions during the conflict. Some or all of the recommended publications below may be available to buy from The National Archives shop. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Operation Banner was the military operation that deployed significant numbers of British soldiers in Northern Ireland. 30th Castlebar 34th Fermoy 19th Corfu ; Carlow Infantry Regiment known after 1881 as 1st. 97th Corfu ; Isle of Wight Thisgreatly increased support for PIRA and its political wing, Sinn Fein. First tank in WW1: Tanks through the ages. They. Riot gear became an integral part of the British soldier's kit. Politics 77th Jamaica ; Templemore [7], In 2014, it became the base for the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland.[8]. 1st batt. British forces suffered many casualties in 1988 and 1989. 52nd Quebec ; Brecon I soon became aware of the shadow of the gun. A Wheelbarrow robotapproaches a suspectcar, Omagh, 1975, The RUC andMilitary Policeguarda bombed building, 1979. 3rd Winchester I was such a red arrse. Milltown Cemetery is Belfasts Catholic cemetery where the IRA bury their dead. 19th Corfu ; Carlow 5th Enniskillen 1900s. British Army barracks, as opposed to Naval or Marine barracks, are named on the basis of various principles, usually depending on the whim of the units resident there at the time of the naming ceremony. The following year, the Special Air Service killed members of a PIRA active service unit in Gibraltar. JavaScript is disabled. 27th Cape of Good Hope ; Guernsey The early 1970s also saw major rioting on both sides of the religious divide. Oldredcap. We use your sign-up to provide content in the ways you've consented to and improve our understanding of you. All Census Lookups are Crown Copyright, National Archives for academic and non-commercial research purposes only. Vol. The barracks is named after the village of Thiepval in Northern France, an important site in the Battle of the Somme (1916) and site of the Thiepval . (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10990759, British troops tidy out their defense position in the centre of Londonderry, Northern Ireland in April 1972. The Kenya Emergency, or Mau Mau Revolt, was one of the British Army's bloodiest and most controversial post-war conflicts. Reserve batt. 22nd Bombay ; Chatham Fresh disorders in the troubled province marked the tenth anniversary of British army intervention in the area. [4], In March 2010, it was the site of a bombing. Over there to prevent conflict, the troops soon became the source of it in between. We'd like to use additional cookies to remember your settings and understand how you use our services. In 2010, it concluded that soldiers on duty had lost control. (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. Palace Barracks, Holywood, Co. Down remains a military base in use by elements of the British Army. Muster rolls and pay lists contain soldiers: From 1868 to 1883 there may be quarterly lists which contain details of men becoming non-effective. Today it doesn't feel like . British troops are to quit Girdwood Barracks later this year. When they first came, in plumed berets and low-slung rifles, the British Army were hailed as heroes and saviours on the streets of Northern Ireland. 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. Ireland 64th Dublin Bermuda 79th Bombay ; belturbet 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. That 38-year military campaign came to an end at midnight. The "Lockdown Files": Telegraph publish Matt Hancock's pandemic WhatsApp messages. (AP Photo)Ref #: PA.10990786, British troops stand guard as bomb experts search through the wreckage after a terrorist bomb had wrecked the ground floor on the Luxury Belfast Europa Hotel in Northern Irelands capital in 1975. Troops sprint from their barracks in Holywood, near Belfast to board a truck to take up guard duty. ; Isle of Wight, Colonial Corps Within seconds a huge, blinding explosion engulfed the checkpoint killing five soldiers. It was strange to see a city change from how I'd known it to be. You can browse these by regiment. 59th Leeds (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.2492369, A man hurls missiles at an overturned bread delivery van that was set afire in the Bogside district of Londonderry, Northern Ireland in August 1979. The Democratic Unionist MP for North Belfast, Mr Nigel Dodds, hit out at the closures. 45th : 1st batt. Please consider making a donation to our site. Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn, County Antrim, is the headquarters of the British Army in Northern Ireland and its 38th (Irish) Brigade. In the words of the IRA leader Martin McGuinness, Republicans soon realised that armies are deployed to occupy countries and support the ruling power. In October 1984, five people died duringan attemptto kill the prime minister Margaret Thatcherat the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11426323, British troops confront young rioters on the Ballymurphy Estate in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1970. Your search results for kinsale barracks: 815 newspaper articles contained information about kinsale barracks filtered by: County: antrim, northern ireland. (1st batt.) Its thick walls saved the lives of those inside. General Sir Robert Ford, Britains Commander of Land Forces in Northern Ireland, pictured on July 3, 1972, in Belfast. The war against Iraq in 1990-91 saw the largest single deployment of British troops since the Second World War. 16th Buttevant The Army Cadet Force (ACF) is a cadet organisation based in the United Kingdom.It is a voluntary youth group sponsored by the Ministry of Defence (British Army).The ACF is largely composed of individual units. By now, the PIRA hada steady supply of arms and money from sympathisers in the Republic of Ireland, the USA and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)Ref #: PA.11408232, Local people walk past British troops on guard in the streets after violence in Northern Ireland in August 1969. 3d Lt. do, Bengal ; Maidstone Ceylon Rifles Ceylon North Area Regional Command: Ebrington Barracks, Derry (163). 26th Belfast 90th Ceylon ; Hull Rioting broke out after the British troops appeared at an afternnoon rally in Belfast, Northern Ireland. PA NEWS PHOTO 20/11/79 PRINCE CHARLES WEARING A REGIMENTAL TAM O SHANTER, TALKING WITH MEN OF THE 1ST BATTALION GORDON HIGHLANDERS AT ARMAGH DURING A SURPRISE SIX HOUR VISIT TO NORTHERN IRELAND.Ref #: PA.1128119. 7th do Cape of Good Hope ; Maidstone Most soldiering in Northern Ireland was mind-numbingly boring and the squaddies were genuinely excited to at last meet the enemy general. 18th China ; Chatham Did You Serve in Belfast Circa 1986 - 1989? 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