Royal Irish Rangers
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The Royal Irish Rangers was a regular light infantry regiment of the British Army with a relatively short existence, formed in 1968 and later merged with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992 to form th
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Royal Ulster Rifles
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The Royal Irish Rifles was a light infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd Regiment of Foot and the 86th Regiment of Foot. The regiment saw s
Royal Irish Rangers
…Rangers came into being on 1 July 1968 through the amalgamation of the three regiments of the North Irish Brigade: the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, the Royal Ulster Rifles and the Royal Irish Fusiliers. The date was initially known as "Vesting Day" (and then "Rangers Day"), emphasising that the traditions of the old…
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Monument to the men of the Royal Irish Rifles who died in the Second Boer War in the grounds of Belfast City Hall
Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in the First World War
Men of the 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles, the pioneer battalion of the 36th (Ulster) Division, moving to the frontline 20 November 1917.