Kingdom of Great Britain (1793–1800) United Kingdom (1800–1968)
Branch
British Army
Type
Rifles
Role
Light infantry
Size
1-2 Regular battalions 3 Militia and Special Reserve battalions Up to 16 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ
RHQ – Victoria Barracks, Belfast (1881-1937) St Patrick's Barracks, Ballymena (1937-1968)
Nickname(s)
The Stickies,[1] The Rifles
Motto(s)
Quis Separabit (Who shall separate us [from the love of Christ]) (Latin)
Colours
None as a rifle regiment
March
Quick: "The Ulster Rifles march 'Off, Off, Said the Stranger'" Pipes and Drums: "South Down Militia"
Anniversaries
Somme Day, 1 July
Engagements
Badajoz, Jhansi, Somme, Normandy Landings, Rhine Crossing, Korea
Insignia
Abbreviation
RUR (RIR)
Military unit
The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw service in the Second Boer War, the First World War, the Second World War, and the Korean War.
In 1968 the Royal Ulster Rifles was amalgamated with the other regiments of the North Irish Brigade, the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's), and the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to create the Royal Irish Rangers.
^Chant, p. 85
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The Royal Irish Rifles (became the RoyalUlsterRifles from 1 January 1921) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by...
regiments of the North Irish Brigade: the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the RoyalUlsterRifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The date was initially known...
first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former RoyalUlsterRifles soldier from Northern Ireland. The group undertook an armed campaign...
reinforced by ten 8th Hussars Cromwell tanks (Cooper Force), stood the RoyalUlsterRifles (RUR). By 3 January there was nothing between them and the onrushing...
Irish Brigade, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and the RoyalUlsterRifles, to become the Royal Irish Rangers. The regiment was formed in 1881 as part...
Northern Ireland (HQNI) chaired by Major General A.J. Dyball of the RoyalUlsterRifles, then the deputy director of operations in Northern Ireland. The...
in the North Irish Brigade, the RoyalUlsterRifles, and the Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria's) into the Royal Irish Rangers. On 1 July 1881 the...
July 1972. Labalaba initially served in the British Army in the RoyalUlsterRifles. On 19 July 1972 the Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied...
regiments in the North Irish Brigade, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, The RoyalUlsterRifles and The Royal Irish Fusiliers) were granted the wearing...
Semple (late Royal Engineers) 1972–1975 Brigadier John Simpson (late Gordon Highlanders) 1975–1979 Brigadier John Watts (late RoyalUlsterRifles) 1979–1983...
(London Irish Rifles). In 1937, when the London Regiment was disbanded, the unit became known as London Irish Rifles, the RoyalUlsterRifles. After the...
serving with the British Army's RoyalUlsterRifles in the Korean War. He then joined the Territorial Army and later the Ulster Special Constabulary. When...
by the RoyalUlsterRifles Museum, in Belfast. There are a number of memorials and remembrances of McFadzean, who is the best known of the Ulster Division...
the area until joining the British Army in 1957 as a member of the RoyalUlsterRifles. He rose to the rank of Provost Sergeant (battalion police). Spence...
Patrick's Barracks in Ballymena was the Regimental Training Depot of the RoyalUlsterRifles (83rd & 86th). Many young men who had been conscripted on the United...
7 June. The 6th Airlanding Brigade headquarters, 1st Battalion, RoyalUlsterRifles and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment landed at LZN...
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United Kingdom (1800–1968)
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