4th/6th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment

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4th/6th (County Fermanagh & Country Tyrone) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment
Crest of the Ulster Defence Regiment.svg
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

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.

Uniform, armament & equipment[]

See: Ulster Defence Regiment Uniform, armament & equipment

Greenfinches[]

See also: Women's UDR

Notable personnel[]

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

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

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