Firstly, sorry for your loss and injuries. Well done for your courage. Secondly, I served COP 1982 Fermanagh (Royal Hampshire Regt.) The whole rural OP ethos changed as a result of Drummakavall. By 1982 covert surveillance and ‘hard routine’ with heavy mutual support had been seriously refined. COP (COT if RM) had taken the peculiarities of Op Banner to new levels. Even then we had to buy our own extreme weather kit.
Yep I would be out and about FKL, XMG 82 to 84. The close observation was managed properly and the training delivered was intense. It was shitte having to buy our own gear, Silvermans to get gortex and even whites for snow.
As we approach Remembrance Day many will think of the losses from two world wars. This story is as important. It is of the loss of three young fusiliers nearly 50 years ago while serving their country on operations in Northern Ireland. It is told by the sole survivor.
Not enough has ..or was benn told NI /the Troubles . I'd like to see an upload and interviews with the men who defended Derry Yard for example or former former members of R Coy 3RGJ who company attacked up Leeson Street . Cracking upload this 👍
As an irish republican it is sad that anyone an irish soldier or British soldier should have lost their lives in this conflict, young men from england were tossed into the melting pot off war without knowledge of why they served here and the british government sent them to die in a foreign country, im glad there is peace now as we have watched to many die in this war and i hope one day this country can be free from any interference from britain RIP to all combatants who died
@dermotwalsh9572 and that day is almost there as nationalists are now the majority in the 6 counties so a border poll should be called and the british government should call it
I remember the Fusiliers back in the early 1990`s being in Armagh City. They had a patrol down Cathedral Road one particular day and a IED exploded I believe under a bridge. As a result of the explosion a Fusilier got killed.
It wasn't a war. It was a terrorist campaign. War was what the Germans did to Holland between 10th and 14th May, 1940. Can you understand the difference?
@@Mike7O7Oand what did the RAF do in Dresden to civilians with no offiliation to national socialism not to mention illegal invasion of ir with fake evidence
Well, that was the I R As question. The Provos didnt even exist when British troops were sent there. What would you do if your doors are getting kicked in by the Army, beaten up and put in camps with no trial ? That was Operation Motorman. They used centurian tanks, CS gas, batons and rubber bullets used point blank. They did that on civilian communities , on "UK citizens" who had less rights than blacks in the USA deep south. The British let history repeat itself. Probably on purpose. in 1916 , they rounded up all the Irish Volunteers /put them in one camp , where they could organises the I R A and plan the War of Independence. In the internment camps in 1970, many of them attended classes on how to use weapons. It was almost as if the British wanted some excuse to put 30,000 battle ready troops in Ireland at the height of the Cold War.
@@olliephelanyou need to learn a bit of our history, no tanks of any type were used during interment, operation motorman was removing the "no go areas".
@@Mountjoy1689-i9c Whos history ? I know what they were. TWO Centurion tanks were used to remove barricades. They were brought to Derry by sea on a warship HMS Fearless. TANKS used for the first time against people who were UK citizens ? Removing no go areas , dragging any adult males from their beds , beating them half to death and throwing them unconscious into trucks. *Imposing mass internment without trial* They were removing "no go areas" created to keep the RUC, B-Specials and UDA out. These were safe areas that had been maintained by both the BA and Defense committees in cooperation with each other until policy changed under pressure from Unionists and Conservatives. You need more than 3 words to explain what it was.
@@olliephelan the thing here is, you write about being sent "there". and I would say sent "here" Who would know more about what was happening on the ground
@@olliephelan The Irish volunteers are not put in one camp, they were put in many prisons. There were not "internment camps" in the 1970, there was one internment centre. It was not the British government that introduced internment in the 1970s
@@Marius_vanderLubbe The lie? Its debatable that its their country if they have to send 30,000 battle ready soldiers and 10,000 armed police to try nail down their flag. The rest of Ireland was perfectly at peace. The tragic thing is that most of them signed up just to get off the dole So they were fighting for a government who created, divided and propped up a Failed State. And a government that couldnt get them a job.
@@olliephelan this is absolute facts. I feel sorry for the lads killed but if they were not there they would not have been killed. Leave Ireland alone .
@@RebelofIreland Theres a fact that not many Republicans like to hear. If Ireland had been occupied (or garrisoned) by the Spanish, French, Normans, Portuguese, Americans (1812 - on ) , germans , Soviets etc ......... England be cut off and encircled . We had committed ourselves to a Socialist Republic (a good thing) But , it couldve happened by popular consent when Gusty Spence (UDA) was approached with the idea by the IRA to create a Workers Republic. Panic in Britains elite !!!! A United Socialist Republic would not allow US bombers ,or a military presence, in the country. (consider Shannon as the gurantee to the Peace Process. Withous US use of Shannon ?....NO PEACE And Ireland commanded the western approaches to Europe (Britains only security was a military presence in Ireland ...They knew this from 1914 onward) Thats when the death squads were sent here. No different than the Regular police in Iraq being replaced by death squads to create civil war. That civil war in Iraq was contrived by dumping bead shias in sunni neighbourhoods It was created in N.Ireland by the MRF /FRU and SAS. Only the unknown leaders in the IRA and the strategists in Whitehall knew why that war was being fought. FIRST VICTIM IN WAR IS ...... ???
@@gerrykeatings1309 Hundreds were forced to leave the country and never heard of again, many that were reported as "expelled" never got any further than a bog in Cavan or Monaghan.
horrible that 3 young men lost their lives. the partition of ireland was a disaster. As soon as you put ground troops from another nation in another mans country its a recipe for disaster and men will take up arms to free their land and that understandable. RIP to them young lads a crying shame they were sent to ireland in the first place.
Firstly, sorry for your loss and injuries. Well done for your courage.
Secondly, I served COP 1982 Fermanagh (Royal Hampshire Regt.) The whole rural OP ethos changed as a result of Drummakavall. By 1982 covert surveillance and ‘hard routine’ with heavy mutual support had been seriously refined. COP (COT if RM) had taken the peculiarities of Op Banner to new levels. Even then we had to buy our own extreme weather kit.
Yep I would be out and about FKL, XMG 82 to 84. The close observation was managed properly and the training delivered was intense. It was shitte having to buy our own gear, Silvermans to get gortex and even whites for snow.
As we approach Remembrance Day many will think of the losses from two world wars. This story is as important. It is of the loss of three young fusiliers nearly 50 years ago while serving their country on operations in Northern Ireland. It is told by the sole survivor.
Not enough has ..or was benn told NI /the Troubles .
I'd like to see an upload and interviews with the men who defended Derry Yard for example or former former members of R Coy 3RGJ who company attacked up Leeson Street .
Cracking upload this 👍
Very sad, just four Soldiers left alone...... ridiculous situation
It wasn't called bandit country for nothing
The bandits spoke in english accents
As an irish republican it is sad that anyone an irish soldier or British soldier should have lost their lives in this conflict, young men from england were tossed into the melting pot off war without knowledge of why they served here and the british government sent them to die in a foreign country, im glad there is peace now as we have watched to many die in this war and i hope one day this country can be free from any interference from britain RIP to all combatants who died
Once the majority of the NI population wish to seperate from the uk. But no sooner.
@dermotwalsh9572 and that day is almost there as nationalists are now the majority in the 6 counties so a border poll should be called and the british government should call it
I remember the Fusiliers back in the early 1990`s being in Armagh City. They had a patrol down Cathedral Road one particular day and a IED exploded I believe under a bridge. As a result of the explosion a Fusilier got killed.
War is war. Some they win this one they lost.
It wasn't a war. It was a terrorist campaign. War was what the Germans did to Holland between 10th and 14th May, 1940. Can you understand the difference?
@@Mike7O7O Depends on who's side your on!!!
@@Mike7O7O
It's a war when you have to defend your country from invaders.
@@Mike7O7OThe Brits were the terrorists.if it wasnt a war,what were 30000 enemy forces doing in that part of Ireland?
@@Mike7O7Oand what did the RAF do in Dresden to civilians with no offiliation to national socialism not to mention illegal invasion of ir with fake evidence
Are you certain of the date of this incident? Was it not Sunday 23rd November 1975 ?
How do they know it was 12 IRA?
Why was we even there?
Well, that was the I R As question.
The Provos didnt even exist when British troops were sent there.
What would you do if your doors are getting kicked in by the Army, beaten up and put in camps with no trial ?
That was Operation Motorman.
They used centurian tanks, CS gas, batons and rubber bullets used point blank.
They did that on civilian communities , on "UK citizens" who had less rights than blacks in the USA deep south.
The British let history repeat itself. Probably on purpose.
in 1916 , they rounded up all the Irish Volunteers /put them in one camp , where they could organises the I R A and plan the War of Independence.
In the internment camps in 1970, many of them attended classes on how to use weapons.
It was almost as if the British wanted some excuse to put 30,000 battle ready troops in Ireland at the height of the Cold War.
@@olliephelanyou need to learn a bit of our history, no tanks of any type were used during interment, operation motorman was removing the "no go areas".
@@Mountjoy1689-i9c
Whos history ?
I know what they were.
TWO Centurion tanks were used to remove barricades.
They were brought to Derry by sea on a warship HMS Fearless.
TANKS used for the first time against people who were UK citizens ?
Removing no go areas , dragging any adult males from their beds , beating them half to death and throwing them unconscious into trucks.
*Imposing mass internment without trial*
They were removing "no go areas" created to keep the RUC, B-Specials and UDA out.
These were safe areas that had been maintained by both the BA and Defense committees in cooperation with each other until policy changed under pressure from Unionists and Conservatives.
You need more than 3 words to explain what it was.
@@olliephelan the thing here is, you write about being sent "there". and I would say sent "here"
Who would know more about what was happening on the ground
@@olliephelan The Irish volunteers are not put in one camp, they were put in many prisons.
There were not "internment camps" in the 1970, there was one internment centre.
It was not the British government that introduced internment in the 1970s
...serving their country on operations in operations in their ......eh....country
Always the creeping normalization of the lie.
@@Marius_vanderLubbe
The lie?
Its debatable that its their country if they have to send 30,000 battle ready soldiers and 10,000 armed police to try nail down their flag.
The rest of Ireland was perfectly at peace.
The tragic thing is that most of them signed up just to get off the dole
So they were fighting for a government who created, divided and propped up a Failed State.
And a government that couldnt get them a job.
@@olliephelan this is absolute facts. I feel sorry for the lads killed but if they were not there they would not have been killed. Leave Ireland alone .
@@RebelofIreland
Theres a fact that not many Republicans like to hear.
If Ireland had been occupied (or garrisoned) by the Spanish, French, Normans, Portuguese, Americans (1812 - on ) , germans , Soviets etc .........
England be cut off and encircled .
We had committed ourselves to a Socialist Republic (a good thing)
But , it couldve happened by popular consent when Gusty Spence (UDA) was approached with the idea by the IRA to create a Workers Republic.
Panic in Britains elite !!!!
A United Socialist Republic would not allow US bombers ,or a military presence, in the country. (consider Shannon as the gurantee to the Peace Process. Withous US use of Shannon ?....NO PEACE
And Ireland commanded the western approaches to Europe (Britains only security was a military presence in Ireland ...They knew this from 1914 onward)
Thats when the death squads were sent here.
No different than the Regular police in Iraq being replaced by death squads to create civil war.
That civil war in Iraq was contrived by dumping bead shias in sunni neighbourhoods
It was created in N.Ireland by the MRF /FRU and SAS.
Only the unknown leaders in the IRA and the strategists in Whitehall knew why that war was being fought.
FIRST VICTIM IN WAR IS ...... ???
Vietnam was not our war!
Seems like poor decisions at Coy. or Bn. level?
Sadly, the hundreds "disappeared" by SFIRA never got to tell their story.
Hundreds ????
😂
Hundreds????what books you reading, the dandy.
@@gerrykeatings1309 Hundreds were forced to leave the country and never heard of again, many that were reported as "expelled" never got any further than a bog in Cavan or Monaghan.
horrible that 3 young men lost their lives. the partition of ireland was a disaster. As soon as you put ground troops from another nation in another mans country its a recipe for disaster and men will take up arms to free their land and that understandable.
RIP to them young lads a crying shame they were sent to ireland in the first place.