On the 3rd of July 1970, a Friday, the British Army seals off the lower Falls area of west Belfast. A ‘curfew’ is announced, although without a legal basis. Troops go in, searching from house ...

In Northern Ireland, conscription was not imposed due ... some 70,000 soldiers would join the British Army as it added Normandy to its other frontlines in Italy and north Africa.

Barrie Penrose reports on the UDR, a British Army reserve force in Northern Ireland. Barrie Penrose reports ... community and were disbanded in 1970 as part of local government reforms.

General Sir Frank Kitson, pictured in 1980, was known for the deployment of counter-terrorist tactics in Northern Ireland ... in the early 1970s. He was a key figure in Army operations during ...

The decision by the British government to establish the Saville Tribunal into the Bloody Sunday shootings in Derry in 1972 sparked outrage within senior elements of the British military.

The top British soldier in Northern Ireland ... concerns or any real understanding of how the Army is perceived on the ground in Northern Ireland”. General Smith was a former officer in the ...

unit in Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Two senior Gardaí also said the brothers were involved with the IRA. Report shows High Court, Dublin. British Army patrolling in South Armagh where retired ...

When Terence O’Neill became Northern ... Ireland. Changing republican strategy 1980-1981 - CCEA The decision of the British Government to introduce new security policies in the late 1970s ...

The top British soldier in Northern Ireland ... concerns or any real understanding of how the Army is perceived on the ground in Northern Ireland”. General Smith was a former officer in the ...

The father of three led the British Army during the allied invasion ... In Sir Mike’s career, he served in Northern Ireland ...