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9 UDR is formed.
The 9th (County Antrim) Battalion of The Ulster Defence Regiment is formed with Battalion HQ in Antrim.
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Monday 12 Apr 1915
During early April 1915, the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers was in the Ypres Salient. At 1700 hours on 12 April, shortly before the Faughs were due to be relieved, a particularly heavy enemy artillery barrage pounded the trench line into a churning mass of earth with dead and dying men; many were blown to pieces, many were buried alive.
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On this day
12 April
Monday 12 Apr 1915
During early April 1915, the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers was in the Ypres Salient. At 1700 hours on 12 April, shortly before the Faughs were due to be relieved, a particularly heavy enemy artillery barrage pounded the trench line into a churning mass of earth with dead and dying men; many were blown to pieces, many were buried alive.
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12 April
Monday 12 Apr 1915
During early April 1915, the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers was in the Ypres Salient. At 1700 hours on 12 April, shortly before the Faughs were due to be relieved, a particularly heavy enemy artillery barrage pounded the trench line into a churning mass of earth with dead and dying men; many were blown to pieces, many were buried alive.
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