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10th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

Military unit

Field	Value
unit_name	10th (City of Belfast) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
image	Insignia of the Ulster Defence Regiment.svg
caption	Ulster Defence regimental crest
dates	1972–1984
country	United Kingdom
branch	Flag of the British Army (1938-present).svgBritish Army
type	Infantry battalion
role	Internal Security
size	750
garrison	Lisburn
garrison_label	Regimental Headquarters
march	(Quick) Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh.
(Slow) Oft in the Stilly Night
motto	"Quis Separabit" (Latin)
"Who Shall Separate Us?"
commander1	First: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO.

commander1_label	Colonel Commandant
commander2	Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE
commander2_label	Colonel of the Regiment

(Slow) Oft in the Stilly Night "Who Shall Separate Us?"

Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL

The 10th (City of Belfast) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1972 from elements of the 7th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment creating a second battalion in Belfast. It was again amalgamated with 7 UDR in 1984 to form the 7th/10th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment.

Uniform, armament & equipment

: See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment

Greenfinches

Notable personnel

:Category:Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers
:Category:Ulster Defence Regiment officers

Gerry Adams wounded

When Gerry Adams (the Sinn Féin president) was wounded in an assassination attempt by three members of the UFF it was an off duty full-time Non-commissioned officer of 10 UDR who gave chase to their car and arrested them, assisted by an off duty policeman. This is not noted in Adams' Sinn Féin biography and the BBC still insists the assailants were arrested by "plain clothes policemen". The UDR NCO received the Queen's Gallantry Medal for arresting the gunmen. In the long term however the soldier was intimidated out of his home and the UDR as a direct result of these arrests.

Investigations

A 1977 Army investigation involving D Company, 10 UDR, based at Girdwood Barracks in Belfast revealed that about 70 of the company's soldiers were suspected of links to the UVF, but evidence was only found against two, who were dismissed on security grounds. 30 soldiers from D Company were suspected of fraudulently diverting £47,000 to the UVF; and that UVF members socialized at Girdwood Barracks junior ranks mess. This investigation was halted after a senior UDR officer claimed it was harming morale.

Bibliography

A Testimony to Courage – the Regimental History of the Ulster Defence Regiment 1969 – 1992, John Potter, Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2001,
The Ulster Defence Regiment: An Instrument of Peace?, Chris Ryder 1991
- Lost Lives*, David McKittrick, Mainstream, 2004,

References

"The Ulster Defence Regiment". [[British Army]].
Ryder p197
Potter p267
"Profile of Sinn Féin's Gerry Adams". Sinnfein.org.
(1991-03-14). "BBC ON THIS DAY | 14 | 1984: Sinn Féin leader shot in street attack". BBC News.
Potter p268
http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/20/udr-girdwood-story/british-army-covered-up-udr-units-links-to-uvf "British army 'covered up' UDR units links to UVF"

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