Royal Ulster Rifles
The Royal Ulster Rifles (formerly Royal Irish Rifles) was a British Army infantry regiment. It saw service in the Second Boer War, Great War, the Second World War and the Korean War, before being amalgamated into the Royal Irish Rangers in 1968.
Read more about Royal Ulster Rifles: History, Royal Ulster Rifles Museum, Victoria Cross, Great War Memorials
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