The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military reserve special constable police force in what...
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The Ulster Special Constabulary Association (USCA) was a loyalist group active in Northern Ireland during the early 1970s. The group was established following...
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However, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (and the previous Royal Irish Constabulary) did have its own Ulster Special Constabulary from 1920 until 1970...
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The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001. It was founded on 1 June 1922 as a successor to the Royal...
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refer to: United States Cattlemen's Association Ulster Special Constabulary Association United States Canoe Association Federal Republic of Central America...
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Volunteers Orange Volunteers (1972) Ulster Resistance Ulster Special Constabulary Association Down Orange Welfare Ulster Protestant Volunteers Anti-Irish...
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The Ulster Unionist Labour Association (UULA) was an association of trade unionists founded by Edward Carson in June 1918, aligned with the Ulster Unionists...
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alongside the Orange Volunteers, Ulster Volunteer Service Corps, Down Orange Welfare and the Ulster Special Constabulary Association (USCA), the USC was the largest...
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were members of the Ulster Army Council: the Orange Volunteers, Down Orange Welfare, Ulster Special Constabulary Association, Ulster Volunteer Service Corps...
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republicans, the UDV was formed from members of the Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) (also known as the 'B' Specials during the period) rather than volunteers...
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paramilitary groups, also including the Orange Volunteers, Ulster Special Constabulary Association, and Down Orange Welfare, who pushed for Bill Craig to...
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The Ulster Defence Association (UDA) is an Ulster loyalist paramilitary group in Northern Ireland. It was formed in September 1971 as an umbrella group...
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who is granted certain (special) police powers. In some jurisdictions, police forces are complemented by a special constabulary, whose volunteer members...
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Alexander Robinson (category Ulster Special Constabulary officers)
"Buck Alec" Robinson (c. 1901–1995) was a boxer, Ulster loyalist paramilitary and Ulster Special Constabulary reservist. Robinson gained notoriety in Northern...
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Robinson: 2003. The Ulster Defence Regiment: 1984. The Ulster Special Constabulary Association: 1992. The Regimental Association of the Ulster Defence Regiment:...
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paramilitary organisations were taken in under the UR umbrella; Ulster Special Constabulary Association whose presence was inspirational rather than practical...
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deployed and the Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) (or Specials) were formed to help the regular police – the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). The USC was...
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Catholic. This led to a complaint from the chairman of the Ulster Special Constabulary association who claimed that: in 3 UDR preference for promotion and...
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Clubs. Many UPA members were recruited into the Ulster Special Constabulary, the infamous "B Specials." Although it is sometimes said to have dissolved...
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Burntollet Bridge incident (category Royal Ulster Constabulary)
Burntollet an Ulster loyalist crowd numbering in the region of 300, including 100 off-duty members of the Ulster Special Constabulary (USC), attacked...
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Volunteers, the Ulster Constitution Defence Committee, the Ulster Volunteer Force and the Ulster Special Constabulary. They argued "Ulster" had strong party...
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Billy McCaughey (category Ulster Special Constabulary officers)
February 2006) was a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary's Special Patrol Group and the illegal Ulster Volunteer Force's Glennane gang in the 1970s...
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Noel Doherty (loyalist) (category Ulster Special Constabulary officers)
Church of Ulster in 1956 and soon became close to its leader, the Reverend Ian Paisley. He also joined the Ulster Special Constabulary ("B Specials") around...
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Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) RUC Special Branch Ulster Special Constabulary (USC) – to 30 April 1970 Northern Ireland Prison Service (NIPS) Ulster Defence...
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Ulster Young Militants youth of the above Ulster Defence Regiment – formed in 1970 to replace the USC (Ulster Special Constabulary). Royal Ulster Constabulary...
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Andy Robinson (loyalist) (category Ulster Special Constabulary officers)
early age, enlisting in 3 Commando Brigade. He later joined the Ulster Special Constabulary. He joined the UDA at an unspecified date early in its history...
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from the University of Ulster, has written about the cross community work of the association and other sporting bodies in Ulster.[citation needed] The...
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The Troubles (redirect from Ulster Troubles)
civilians, two British soldiers, a Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) reservist, and an Ulster Defence Association (UDA) member. Ten days later, nine civilians...
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Ulster Constabulary, formed in 1922, never exceeded 20% and by the 1960s had sunk to 12%. The reserve police force (the Ulster Special Constabulary)...
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Clonoe ambush (category Royal Ulster Constabulary)
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, and was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service...
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