Timeline of Ulster Defence Regiment Operations - 1976

1976

Ulsterisation and Operations Platoons were introduced in 1976

In the first six months of the year, joint operations by 3 and 10 UDR recover 5,000 rounds of ammunition and 3,000 lb of explosives belonging to loyalist paramilitaries on the Ards Peninsula.

• January - 3 & 11 UDR placed on selective call-out for four days following the Kingsmill massacre. 3 UDR recover 2,000 rounds of ammunition "dumped" by the B Specials in the River Bann near Hilltown.
• 22 March - Ops Platoon 2 UDR on operations in Crossmaglen come under fire. Using a helicopter to give chase to a fleeing car, they arrest one man.
• 9 August - 1, 5, 7, 9 & 10th battalions (4,000 personnel) called out to assist in operations to quell civil disturbance on the anniversary of internment.