HC Deb 01 July 1986 vol 100 cc522-6W
Mr. McNamara

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the numbers of soldiers killed in Northern Ireland by regiment in each year since 1968.

Mr. Freeman

[pursuant to his reply, 23 June 1986, c. 26]: The information requested is set out in the table for each year since 1969, when troops were deployed on duties

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Total
Life Guards — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Blues and Royals — — — — 1 — — — — — 2 — — — — — — — (3)
Royal Horse Artillery — — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
9th/12th Royal Lancers — — — — — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — 1 — — (3)
Royal Hussars — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
l4lh/20th King's Hussars — — 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2)
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2)
17th/21st Lancers — — — — 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Royal Tank Regiment — — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — (2)
1st Parachute Squadron Royal Armoured Corps — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Royal Artillery — — 8 11 6 3 1 4 1 5 — — 1 — 1 — — (43)
Royal Engineers — — — 3 — 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — (9)
Royal Signals — — 1 — 1 — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — — (4)
Grenadier Guards — — — — — — — — 1 3 — 1 — — 1 — — — (6)
Coldstream Guards — — — 1 4 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — (6)
Scots Guards — — 5 4 1 — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — (11)
Irish Guards — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — (1)
Welsh Guards — — — 1 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — (3)
Royal Scots — — — — — — — 3 — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Queen's Regiment — — 2 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — (6)
King's Own Royal Border Regiment — — — — 1 — — — — 1 — 2 — — — — 1 — (5)
Royal Regiment of Fusiliers — — 1 3 1 1 5 1 — — — — 1 — — 3 — — (16)
King's Regiment — — — 7 — — — — — — 3 — — — — — — — (10)
Royal Anglian Regiment — — 2 8 1 — — — — — 2 — — 1 — — 1 1 (16)
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment — — — 3 — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — — — (5)
Light Infantry — — 1 3 — — — 6 3 — — — — 1 1 — — — (15)
Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire — — — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — (2)
Green Howards — — 5 — 1 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — (8)
Royal Highland Fusiliers — — 3 — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — (5)
Cheshire Regiment — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — 8 — — — — (9)
Royal Welch Fusiliers — — — 2 1 1 — 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — (6)
Royal Regiment of Wales — — — 5 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (5)
King's Own Scottish Borderers — — — 3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (3)
Royal Irish Rangers — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Gloucestershire Regiment — — 1 2 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (5)
Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — 2 — — — — (3)
Queen's Lancashire Regiment — — — 1 4 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (5)
Duke of Wellington's Regiment — — — 3 — 2 — — — — — 1 — — — — — — (6)
Royal Hampshire Regiment — — — — 1 — — 1 — — — — — 1 — — — — (3)
Staffordshire Regiment — — — 1 — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — 1 — — (4)
Black Watch — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — (2)
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment — — — — 2 2 — — — — — — — — — — — — (4)
Queen's Own Highlanders — — — — 1 — — — — — 3 — — — — — — — (4)
Gordon Highlanders — — — 3 1 — — 1 — — — — — — — — — (5)
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders — — — 6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (7)
Parachute Regiment — — 2 2 4 2 — 2 — 2 17 1 — — — 1 — — (33)
Royal Green Jackets — — 3 7 — 1 — — 1 2 — 1 5 3 — — — 1 (24)
Ulster Defence Regiment — — 5 26 8 7 6 15 14 7 10 9 13 7 10 10 4 5 (156)
Royal Corps of Transport — — — 5 2 1 — 1 — — — — 1 — — — — (10)
Royal Army Ordnance Corps — — 2 7 3 3 2 — 1 — — — 1 — — — — — (19)
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers — — — 3 — — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — (5)
Royal Military Police — — 1 — 1 — 1 — — — — — — — — 1 — — (4)
Royal Army Pay Corps — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Royal Army Veterinary Corps — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Royal Army Dental Corps — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — (1)
Royal Pioneer Corps — — — — — 1 — — — — — — 1 — — — — — (2)

in support of the civil power. Information in the form requested for 1968 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Total
Intelligence Corps — — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — — — (1)
Army Physical Training Corps — — —. — — — — — — — 1 — — — — — — — (1)
Army Catering Corps — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 — — — (3)
Royal Marines — — — 2 2 — — — 1 2 — — — — — — — — (10)
TOTAL (540)