HC Deb 19 December 1974 vol 883 cc561-2W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Defence which infantry, artillery and armoured major units have not served in Northern Ireland since August 1969.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

The details are as follows:

Infantry Units

  • 1st Battalion Irish Guard.
  • 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers.
  • 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers.
  • 1st Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own
  • Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles).
    • 562
  • 2nd Battalion 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles).
  • 6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha Rifles.
  • 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles.
  • 10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles.

Artillery Units

  • 26th Field Regiment RA.
  • 24th Missile Regiment RA.
  • 50th Missile Regiment RA.
  • (Some elements of the 24th and 50th Missile Regiments have served one tour).

Armoured Units

  • 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards.
  • The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars.