Timeline of Ulster Defence Regiment Operations - 1975

1975

Thr Provisional IRA ceasefire was in operation throughout most of the year

• 17 June - 5 UDR mounts an operation to search for weapons stolen from its armoury (by suspected loyalists) in Magherafelt the previous evening. The entire haul of weapons was recovered from a slurry pit by a 5 UDR search team late in the day.
• December - the UDR "Province Reserve" is established which allows for the use of all 56 companies outside their normal area of operations into regions which are under threat. In practice, this normally meant South Armagh. Coming under the command of regular Army units already deployed, the Province Reserve continued until 1978 when it was phased out in favour of new schemes involving the full-time cadre. 31 December - 2 UDR called out to protect the republican enclave north of Newtownhamilton after multiple attacks along the border by the Red Hand Commandos. A 200 lb bomb is detonated under one of the battalion's Land Rovers causing only slight injuries to those inside.