The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army established in 1970, with a comparatively short existence ending in 1992.

The Ulster Defence Regiment became operational on 1st April 1970 in response to the demand for additional troops to support the civil powers in Northern Ireland. The Regiment was on continuous operational service for a period of twenty-two years, a distinction held by no other regiment in the history of the British Army.

Ulster Resistance (UR), or the Ulster Resistance Movement (URM), [1][2][3] is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary movement established by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in Northern Ireland in November 1986 in opposition to the Anglo-Irish Agreement. [4]

The UDR’s main tasks were guarding key points, patrolling, surveillance, and manning vehicle check points. As they were recruited from the community where they served, they were never used for crowd control or riot duties. Over 190 UDR soldiers were killed on active service, the vast majority by Republican paramilitaries.

2023年4月26日 · The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was a British Army unit that operated in Northern Ireland for 22 years from 1970. It was mainly involved in patrol and...

Female "Greenfinch" soldiers wore combat jackets and rifle green skirts with the UDR beret and cap badge. For ceremonial occasions men wore a rifle green version of British Army (No.1 Temperate ceremonial). Female "best dress" was a rifle green jacket and skirt. The beret was retained as headgear for men and women in best dress.

The Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) was an infantry regiment of the British Army which began duties in 1970. Raised through public appeal, newspaper and television advertisements,[1] with the operational role of "defence of life or property in …

This khaki Service Dress, belt and beret belonged to a Warrant Officer, or Sergeant Major in the 2nd Battalion of the Ulster Defence Regiment which was based in the City and County of Armagh. One of several posts held by this Warrant Officer in 2 UDR was that of Company Sergeant Major to a Part Time company.

Soldiers of the new Royal Irish Regiment continued to wear the gold coloured UDR cap badge in berets whilst officers wore an embroidered silk and wire cap badge on green backing cloth sewn onto the beret.

Beret and badge: beret of dark green with a leather band, fitted with an alloy staybrite cap badge. We have over a million object records online, and we are adding to this all the time. Our records are never finished. Sometimes we discover new information that changes what we know about an object, such as who made it or used it.