In The Service Of Our Country

Above are images of a new UDR [Ulster Defence Regiment] veterans association board in Woodburn Avenue, Carrickfergus; below are images of people collecting for Andy Allen Veterans Support (web) on the Shankill, Belfast.

“In memory of those who gave their lives in the service of our country and are still doing so.” At its peak (in 1973) the UDR had more than 9,000 personnel (Statista). The UDR was amalgamated into the Royal Irish Regiment in 1992 and a 2005 estimate put the number of its veterans at about 58,000 (Veterans Services NI).