Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Typical accomodation for soldiers during the early days of the troubles.

A soldier from 2 PARA conducts a body search.

Soldiers of 2 PARA at a vehicle checkpoint.

A patrol of 1 PARA stand in front of an old stone building.

Private Lowton in covert observation position on snowy ground.

Men of 2 PARA among rubble on a training exercise in 1993.

2 PARA foot patrol, 1993. The back two members of a 'brick' (four men) can be seen.

Prince Charles talks to four armed members of the Parachute Regiment

Captain Simon Barry relaxes after an operation.

IRA bombing of HQ 16 Parachute Brigade Officers' Mess at Aldershot, 1972.

Paratrooper on a rooftop observation post.

Pte Scarratt (left) and Pte Gibson on joint operation with member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

2 PARA's destroyed mess after the IRA bomb in 1972.

Margaret Thatcher talks to troops around a table during a visit early on in the troubles.

Colin Thomson, CO of 2 PARA with Margaret Thatcher who wears a red beret.

Paratroopers attend a pre-operation briefing.

Two paratroopers on a foot patrol through a housing estate.

Paratrooper holding a SA 80 gun on foot patrol through a housing estate.

Graffiti on a building wall giving the Irish view of many emergency tours.

Joint Parachute Regiment and RUC foot patrol.

Officers of HQ 16 Parachute Brigade stand in Aldershot barracks.

Paratroopers including Captain Graham Gilbert, adjutant fo 3 PARA clean up IRA bomb damage at Aldershot.

A body is removed from the bombed Officers' Mess at Aldershot barracks.

The destruction done to the Officers' Mess by an IRA bomb can be seen.

Cars damaged by the IRA bomb at Aldershot barracks in 1972.

Two armed paratroopers on vehicle patrol, Northern Ireland, undated.

'Snatch Squad' at work during a riot. The soldier on the right is carrying a riot gun.

The aftermath of a bomb explosion. Paratroopers and civilians look nervously around amid debris.

Paratrooper on rooftop observation post.

Pig crew on standby to deal with a riot situation.

1 PARA conducting arrests and body searches in Londonderry, January 1972.

An urban riot scene involving 1 PARA.

Mark Magreehan beside some sectarian graffiti, Crossmaglen, South Armagh, Northern Ireland

Albert Street Belfast

Paras patrolling in Northern Ireland, 1970s.

Soldier ready to go on patrol with radio in Northern Ireland, date unknown.

Para on street patrol in Northern Ireland, date Unknown.

Men of Zulu Sqn, 1 Parachute Logistic Regiment leave base in Northern Ireland

Stuart Woods on Northern Ireland Border Ops

Picking up Patrols from 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland, 1980

Pte Martin Broughton in South Armagh, 1978

Pte Tony Harrison Palace Barracks Northern Ireland 1989-91 Tour

Pte Gary Parkins and Pte Alex Seggie, West Belfast 1974.

Kremlin and Flying Pigs, Northern Ireland, c.1980s.

Humber Pig with 12 PL, D COY, 2 PARA, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1992.

Members of 12 PL D COY, 2 PARA, with a Humber Pig, West Belfast, 1992.

AT105 Saxons with 2 PARA on the Colin Glen Road, north of Poleglass, 1993.

LCpl Dave Arnold and Cpl Moose Millar, 2 PARA, in front of an AT 105 Saxon, Woodbourne RUC Station, July 1993.

2 PARA, Forkhill, Northern Ireland, 1979-81.

L/Cpl Mark Magreehan with the 2 PARA painting he painted next to the helipad, Crossmaglen, 2003.

Andy Warner, Steve Lewis,'Taff' Pearce, B Coy, 1 PARA, South Armagh, 1978.

Members of 2 PARA, responding to a road traffic incident, Crossmaglen, 2003.

Pte Harker, 2 PARA, West Belfast, 1993.

Pte Cutler (Left) and Cpl Greenwood observe a riot. Butler Street, 2nd February 1971.

Grave of KC Hewitt

Headstone for Cpl Leonard Jones

‘Victory to the IRA’ mural, Twin Brooks, West Belfast

On patrol in the Lenadoon estate, West Belfast

Para on patrol in the Lenadoon

Observation tower Cookstown SF base

Permanent vehicle check point Cookstown

Blast walls at Cookstown SF base

Lowering of the 3 PARA flag

Members of 2 PARA on Shankhill Road 1970

Three members of 1 PARA, Op Banner, c1970.

The funeral cortege of Sgt M Willetts GC 1971

Funeral for Padre Weston, killed at Aldershot by an IRA bomb, Liverpool 1972.

Ferret armoured cars patrol the streets of Belfast, 1973.

Members of 3 PARA Belfast July 1973

Two members of 3 PARA, Finiston School, Northern Ireland, 1974.

Flax Street Mill, Ardoyne, Belfast 1975.

Pte Mark O'Connell on patrol in the Ardoyne, 1975.

Members of Special Patrol group, Belfast 1975.

Soldier on foot patrol in Northern Ireland, 1976

James Borucki (left) on the day before his death, 1976

Bessbrooke helipad Co Armagh, 1976.

Keith Bromley and Dale Gibson A Coy 1 PARA, Crossmaglen, 1978.

Margaret Thatcher's visit to Fork Hill, Northern Ireland, Christmas 1979.

'Lest We Forget' - soldiers killed in the Warrenpoint bombing

Soldiers 'Yank' and 'Egor' of the Close Observation Point (COP), 2 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1980

Soldiers from 2 Para Patrols Pln, Northern Ireland, 1980

Wessex collecting Patrols Platoon, 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland, 1980

Returning Patrols from 2 Para C (Bruneval) Coy Northern Ireland 1980

Members of 2 PARA in South Armagh, 1979-81.

2 PARA Company rotation at Forkill, 1980-81.

Sgt 'Ted' Barrett and Pte 'Meano' Smith on patrol at the Kilnasagart Bridge, Co Armagh, NI, 1981.

Pte Greg Allen, 1 PARA, waiting to go out Northern Ireland, 1982.

Greg Allen and Paul Skidmore, A Coy, 1 PARA, emergency tour in Northern Ireland, c1982.

Members of Close Observation Platoon (COP), 1 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1982.

Two members of Close Observation Platoon, 1 PARA, Northern Ireland, 1982.

Members of the Mortar Platoon, 2 PARA, South Armagh, 1984/85 Tour.

Cpl George ‘Geordie’ Guthrie & Pte ‘Bob’ Hilton, 2 PARA, Int Sect, in the rear of a covert van, South Armagh, 1984.

Crossmaglen Army Base following an IRA mortar attack, c1989.

Lt Col C F Hicks, Commanding Officer 2 PARA, paying his respects at Warrenpoint, 1990.

1,000lb Bomb found at the junction of Pantridge/Brianswell Road Poleclass Estate, December 1993.

Bob Hilton and 'Dangerous' Davies, A Coy, 2 PARA, Overwatch of Newtownhamilton, Northern Ireland, 1997.

Helmet Steel, Universal Pattern, Mk III, with visor, from the Airborne Assault Museum Collection, Duxford.

Remembrance Poppy for Christoper G Ireland