British army morale at ‘low ebb’ in Crossmaglen months before ceasefire

British army soldiers’ morale was “at a low ebb” in Crossmaglen in South Armagh just months before paramilitary organisations ...
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British Army Exits Northern Ireland

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Sir John Waters, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe and crucial Army leader in Northern Ireland

General Sir John Waters, who has died aged 89, took command of the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1988, at a critical moment in the campaign to defeat the Provisional IRA. A thoroughgoing ...
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Alvis Saracen: The British Army 6x6 at the Heart of Northern Irish Troubles

If a hoard of HUMVEEs rolled through your average American city center, the response would be nothing short of pandemonium. Happily, Americans seldom get close to the conditions needed for army trucks ...
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British army removes last N. Ireland watch tower

DUBLIN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Britain removed the last of its armoured watch towers in Northern Ireland on Tuesday in a significant symbolic step towards erasing the visible reminders of the province's ...