4th/6th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

The 4th/6th (County Fermanagh and County Tyrone) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1991 as a result of an amalgamation between the 4th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment and the 6th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment. The resultant 4/6 UDR was subsumed into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 as part of the amalgamation which formed the Royal Irish Regiment.

4th/6th (County Fermanagh & Country Tyrone) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
Regimental Insignia
Active1991–1992
Country United Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
TypeInfantry battalion
RoleInternal Security
Size750
Regimental HeadquartersLisburn
Motto(s)"Quis Separabit" (Latin)
"Who Shall Separate Us?"
March(Quick) Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh.
(Slow) Oft in the Stilly Night
Commanders
Colonel CommandantFirst: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO.
Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL
Colonel of the RegimentColonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE

Uniform, armament & equipment

See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment

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Notable personnel

  • Category:Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers
  • Category:Ulster Defence Regiment officers
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See also

Bibliography

  • A Testimony to Courage – the Regimental History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969 – 1992, John Potter, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2001, ISBN 0-85052-819-4
  • The Ulster Defence Regiment: An Instrument of Peace?, Chris Ryder 1991 ISBN 0-413-64800-1
  • Lost Lives, David McKittrick, Mainstream, 2004, ISBN 184018504X

References

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