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9th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

Military unit

Field	Value
unit_name	9th (County Antrim) Battalion
Ulster Defence Regiment
image	Insignia of the Ulster Defence Regiment.svg
caption	Ulster Defence regiment 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

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

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

The 9th (County Antrim) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1972 from two companies of the 1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment creating a second battalion in County Antrim. It was amalgamated with 1 UDR in 1984 to form 1/9 UDR.

History

The battalion was formed in 1972 from the two companies of the 1st Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment who were based in the south of the county, creating a second battalion in County Antrim. Battalion headquarters, HQ Company and one other were based at Steeple Camp, Antrim, a remnant of World War II beside the railway station. Two companies were based in Lisburn and one at Carrickfergus.

The first commanding officer was Lieutenant Colonel "Paddy" Liddle who had previously been a part-time company commander with the 1st (County Antrim) Battalion. Liddle has seen wartime service with the Royal Ulster Rifles and had attended Army Staff College. He was the only UDR officer to be promoted into battalion command.

The Grand Central Hotel, used as accommodation by 9 UDR

The battalion was mobilised, along with the rest of the regiment, for Operation Motorman. The UDR provided 5300 soldiers in support of the regular army. After this there was a battalion mobilisation of 9 UDR to help guard the new Belfast city centre segment. This was a zone in the commercial heart of Belfast where 41 streets had been sealed off with barbed wire entanglements and steel fences to prevent explosives being brought in. No cars could be parked there and all shoppers and workers entering the few open streets being searched. Accommodation was found for them in the former Grand Central Hotel in Royal Avenue which was being used as an army base for the city centre.

Uniform, armament & equipment

See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment

Greenfinches

Casualties

Lance Corporal L. Colin Houston, aged 30, was killed at his home in Dunmurry by gunmen from the Irish National Liberation Army on 20 January 1984. Lance Corporal Houston died in his wife's arms. He had only recently joined the training team at the UDR's Ballykinlar Training Camp.

Notable personnel

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

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

Potter p63
Potter p64
Ryder p54
"Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.".

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