4th/6th Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment explained

See also: Ulster Defence Regiment.

See also: List of battalions and locations of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Unit Name:4th/6th (County Fermanagh & Country Tyrone) 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 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

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