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Northern Ireland

Volume 531: debated on Tuesday 27 July 1954

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76.

asked the Secretary of State for War the names of the regiments or units and the approximate number of troops at present stationed in Northern Ireland.

No. It is not the practice to give these details for particular garrisons.

77.

asked the Secretary of State for War what regimental units from Northern Ireland have served overseas since 1945; and in what theatres.

Details of the service of the existing Regular regimental units outside Northern Ireland since 1945 are as follows:

The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards

  • England, Germany, the Middle East and Korea.

The 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars

  • England, Germany and Korea.

The 1st Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

  • England, the Far East, Jamaica, the Middle East and East Africa.

The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

  • England and the Middle East.

The 1st Battalion, The Royal Ulster Rifles

  • England, Austria, the Middle East, the Far East and Korea.

The 1st Battalion, The Royal Irish Fusiliers

  • England, Germany, Gibraltar, the Middle East and Korea.