Early 20th Century Politics, Military, Police and Paramilitary
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- Ulster Covenant - 1912 mass petition against the Home Rule Bill
- Ulster 1912 - a Kipling poem supporting that Covenant
- Ulster Volunteers - founded in 1912 to block Home Rule for Ireland
- Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) - later development of the above
- Ulster Division/36th (Ulster) Division - formed from UVF men and fought at France during World War I
- Ulster Tower - war memorial at Thiepval, France, cemmemorating the above
- The Royal Ulster Rifles, name given to the former Royal Irish Rifles in the British Army in 1921, following the proclamation of the Irish Free State.
- Ulster Special Constabulary (USC), a reserve police force in Northern Ireland, formed in 1920 and disbanded in 1970.
- Ulster Defence Volunteers(UDV)/Ulster Home Guard - recruited by the Government of Northern Ireland during World War II.
- Ulster Covenant - 1912 mass petition against the Home Rule Bill
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