1st/9th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

The 1st/9th (County Antrim) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1984 as a result of an amalgamation between the 1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and the 9th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment.[1]

See also: Ulster Defence Regiment
See also: List of battalions and locations of the Ulster Defence Regiment

1st/9th (County Antrim) Battalion
Ulster Defence Regiment
Ulster Defence Regiment insignia
Active1972-1991
Country United Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
TypeInfantry battalion
RoleInternal Security
Size756
Regimental HeadquartersLisburn
Motto(s)"Quis Separabit" (Latin)
"Who Shall Separate Us?"
March(Quick) Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh.
(Slow) Oft in the Stilly Night
Commanders
Colonel CommandantFirst: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO
Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL
Colonel of the RegimentColonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE

The amalgamated battalion was the largest in the British Army.[2]

Formation

The formation of the merged battalion was carried out on 20 May 1984,[2] and was done as result of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's territorial reorganisation.[1] In order to keep their own organisation closely linked to that of the police the UDR carried out its own reorganisation.[1]

History

Battalion HQ in Antrim became the headquarters of the new battalion with companies based at Antrim, Larne, Carrickfergus and Ballymena.[1]

The Coleraine company was transferred to 5UDR and the Lisburn company to 11UDR.[2]

1/9 UDR was responsible for the 700 square mile territory comprising South and mid-Antrim, taking in 153 square miles of Lough Neagh.[1]

1/9 UDR was one of the units merged with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 as part of the amalgamation which formed the Royal Irish Regiment.

Uniform, armament & equipment

See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment

Greenfinches
See also: Women's UDR

Notable personnel
  • Category:Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers
  • Category:Ulster Defence Regiment officers

See also

Bibliography
  • A Testimony to Courage – the Regimental History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969 – 1992, John Potter, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2001, ISBN 0-85052-819-4
  • The Ulster Defence Regiment: An Instrument of Peace?, Chris Ryder 1991 ISBN 0-413-64800-1

References
  1. Ryder p190
  2. Potter p253
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