See also: Ulster Defence Regiment.
See also: List of battalions and locations of the Ulster Defence Regiment.
Unit Name: | 2nd/11th (County Armagh) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment |
Dates: | 1991–1992 |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Branch: | British 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" "Who Shall Separate Us?" |
Commander1: | First: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO. Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL |
Commander1 Label: | Colonel Commandant |
Commander2: | Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE |
Commander2 Label: | Colonel of the Regiment |
The 2nd//11th (County Armagh) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment was formed in 1991 as a result of an amalgamation between the 2nd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and the 11th Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment. The resultant 2/11 UDR was subsumed into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 as part of the Options for Change amalgamations and was renamed the 6th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.