1st Battalion The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Northern Ireland Tours

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1st Tour - South Armagh and South Down - 28th July to 28th November 1972

   Link to Web site on the 1972 tour:  http://www.argylls-veterans.co.uk/

2nd Tour - Belfast - 5th March to 17th March 1973

 3rd Tour - Belfast - 12 November 1973 to 24 Feb 1974

Early July 1975 the battalion were put on short notice to move to Northern Ireland. Friday 11th July B Coy, TAC HQ and advance party were sent to Northern Ireland for 3 days, spent weekend guarding Maze prison, arrived back in Mercer Barracks, Osnabruck by midnight Sunday 13th July 1975.

 4th Tour - Belfast - 2nd December 1975 to 4th April 1976

5th Tour - Belfast - 28th October 1977 to 1st March 1978

12/13th January 1979 A and B Coys travelled overnight to Northern Ireland during the petrol tankers strike, but only stayed a couple of days.

 Ballykelly Resident Battalion - 6th March 1980 to 10th March 1982.

Northern Ireland and NI Training Maps

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6th Tour - Op “Cara Cara” - protection of RUC stations - 12th April 1986 to 29th June 1986.

  7th Tour - Belfast - 10th December 1990 to 8th May 1991

 8th Tour -  Op Luff - 20 March to 30 June 1992

 9th Tour - West Belfast - 6 May to 9 Nov 1994

Redford Barracks, Edinburgh - Province Reserve Battalion - Feb 1997 to Feb 1999

Redford Barracks, Edinburgh - Northern Ireland - January to April 2000

Holywood Resident Battalion - January 2001 to September 2003

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Updated: 11 October 2014