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  2. Artillery Corps (Ireland) - Wikipedia

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    A 105mm light gun shoot (Army Reserve) Aeronautics Defense Systems Orbiter Mini UAV System drone operated by the Artillery Corps. The Artillery Corps (ARTY) (Irish: An Cór Airtléire) are the artillery corps of the Irish Army. The Corps provides fire support to other sections of the Army. [1] The Corps was first founded in 1924.

  3. Royal Irish Regiment (1992) - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment) (R IRISH) is a light infantry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was founded in 1992 through the amalgamation of the Royal Irish Rangers and the Ulster Defence Regiment .

  4. List of British Army regiments and corps - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Irish Regiment - 1 + 1 battalion ... Royal Regiment of Artillery - 15 + 6 regiments [23] ... Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - 8 + 3 ...

  5. Royal Irish Artillery - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Irish Artillery was an Irish regiment of the British army in the 18th century. It was formed in 1755 as The Artillery Company of Ireland . The name was changed in 1760 to The Royal Regiment of Irish Artillery .

  6. Royal Artillery - Wikipedia

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    Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.

  7. List of nicknames of British Army regiments - Wikipedia

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    Reckless Chaps in Trucks – Royal Corps of Transport (humorous back-acronym) The Redbreasts – 5th Royal Irish Lancers [54] [58] The Redcaps – Royal Military Police [58] (from their distinctive headgear) The Red Devils – The Parachute Regiment [71] (Refers to either the use of Tunisian Red mud as camouflage or the red berets worn)

  8. Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922) - Wikipedia

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    Colours of the Royal Irish Regiment (1848) The regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. [3] As Hamilton's Foot, it served in Flanders during the Nine Years War and at Namur on 31 August 1695, took part in the capture of the Terra Nova earthwork, later commemorated in the song 'The British Grenadiers.' [4] In recognition, of this, William III ...

  9. List of British Army Regiments (1800) - Wikipedia

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    Amalgamated with the 86th in 1881 to become the Royal Irish Rifles which in turn became The Royal Ulster Rifles; 84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot - 2 Battalions 1794-1795 and 1808-1819; 85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) - 2 Battalions in 1801. Reduced to 1 Battalion in 1802. 86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot - 2 ...