Photos British Army In Northern Ireland

[Connaught Ranger]

WWII helmet use to '70s!

and again you are wrong its the Tortoise Mk. 5 while similar in shape to that which was first issued in bulk late 44/early 45 it has a different suspension and the one in the picture has been further modified to take a riot face shield.

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[uktabber]

Touché mate!!

 

[uktabber]

I've collected these from various sites and sources I have no idea their origin or

I have no idea who the original photographer was or sources of these photos!

 

[uktabber]

This is an interesting collection of NI photos feature Army units conducting a vehicle check points in NI supported by RAF Westland Wessex helo.

Not sure of the specific origin of these photos I believe they are MOD pics and used under the: Fair Dealing exceptions permitted under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, as amended and revised. The use of these images are for education and discussion (Non Commercial use) © Crown copyright. IWM (MH 30555)

 

[BravoZulu]

A SOLDIER WARNS CRISPIN ABOUT UNEXPLODED BOMB BLASTS AND LIVE GUNFIRE DURING RIOTING, THE 10TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2005. PHOTO: CRISPIN RODWELL.

 

[BravoZulu]

Belfast one Monday in August of 1988. Alan Shields was his name – he was a British naval recruitment officer, a lieutenant," "The contents of his golf bag landed on my car."

LIEUTENANT ALAN SHIELDS’ FORD CAPRI BURNING AFTER AN IRA BOMB EXPLODED UNDERNEATH IT. PHOTO: CRISPIN RODWELL

 

[uktabber]

His golf bag is lying in the street there......

 

[BravoZulu]

A British soldier hit by an IRA sniper while on patrol in County Fermanagh along the border of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, 28th January 1978. (Photo by Alex Bowie/Getty Images)

 

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Belfast, with a curious little girl on roller skates observing him. The Troubles, 1971

 

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May 1981

 

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Troops sprint from their barracks near Belfast to board truck to take up guard duty on April 22, 1969

Troops stand guard in Belfast during rioting as a building is set alight at the height of the riot in August 1969

August 13, 1969 shows police firing tear gas in the city of Londonderry during the second day of running battles with protesting Catholics citizens

Comrades of an injured British soldier rush to help after a bomb explosion in Londonderry, the day after Remembrance Sunday, 14th November 1971

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldiers patrolling and guarding the remains of a burnt out bus

Soldiers erect barricades in Belfast following a period of rioting

 

[BravoZulu]

A young girl skips past patrolling British soldiers from the Gloucester Regiment who had become an every day reality to her

A young boy is held by soldiers from the Gloucester Regiment after he was caught hurling stones at a Saracen Armoured Personal Carrier in the IRA stronghold in March 1972

 

[BravoZulu]

Two soldiers of 1st Battalion, Cheshire Regiment befriend local children at the bottom of a nationalist street in Armagh on July 6, 1998

A young Protestant child plays while a soldier crouches on patrol on the streets of Belfast

 

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A patrol of 45 Commando in the Turf Lodge, 1977.

 

[NebrHogger]

North Ireland kids try to provoke British soldiers, 1972. That had to be horrible duty.

 

[uktabber]

He stopped poking the stick at him when he took that SLR (L1A1) off his hip and butt stoked him with it!! Kid ended up on the far curb over there!