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Ireland

Ulster Defence Regiment

3 UDR takes over East and South Down

Sun, 01/01/1978

Health and Medicine

Ireland

IRA booby-trap bomb kills UDR soldier and his daughter.

Wed, 08/02/1978

Army Structure

Infantry

5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, re-role as a NATO Reinforcement Battalion.

Sat, 01/04/1978

Militia

The Royal Irish Rangers

North Irish Militia retitled.

Tue, 18/04/1978

Army Structure

Soldiers life

5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, Federal Republic of Germany.

Mon, 01/05/1978 - Wed, 31/05/1978

Around the World

Ireland

Margaret Thatcher visits 3 UDR

Sun, 18/06/1978

Army Structure

Soldiers life

4th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers Annual Camp 1978, England.

Fri, 01/09/1978 - Sat, 30/09/1978

Army Structure

Conflict in Europe

2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Tidworth, Wiltshire.

Sun, 01/04/1979 - Mon, 30/04/1979

Army Structure

Conflict in Europe

1st Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers move to Berlin.

Tue, 01/05/1979 - Sun, 01/05/1983

Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain’s first female prime minister

Thu, 03/05/1979

Army Structure

Ireland

3 UDR, Narrow Water Attack

Mon, 27/08/1979

Army Structure

Around the World

2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, Belize

Sat, 01/09/1979 - Wed, 30/04/1980

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