107 (Ulster) Brigade

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unit_name= 107 (Ulster) Brigade


caption= Insignia of 15th (North East) Brigade
dates= 1914 - 2006
country= United Kingdom
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type= Territorial Army
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107 (Ulster) Brigade was based in Ballymena and was, most recently before its disbandment, the British Army Regional Brigade responsible for administering the Territorial Army within Northern Ireland.

It traces its historic title back to the First World War when the original 107th Infantry Brigade fought with distinction, alongside its' sister formations of 108th Infantry Brigade and 109th Infantry Brigade as part of 36th (Ulster) Division. During the 1990s and up to 2007 the Territorial soldiers from the Brigade served on operations supporting the Regular Army in the Balkans and on Operation Herrick in Afghanistan and Operation Telic in Iraq. At home the Brigade has the key role of providing the Civil Contingency Reaction Force for Northern Ireland. The Brigade did not have an internal security role as part of Operation Banner. The Northern Ireland Training Regiment is also based at Ballymena and conducts all basic training for recruits.

The current Brigade merged on 15 December 2006 into the HQ 39 Infantry Brigade, which will itself be replaced by the new regional brigade headquarters, 38th (Irish) Brigade, on 1 August 2007'. [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060510/wmstext/60510m0032.htm]

1990s and 2000s Units

*Royal Irish Rangers
*B (North Irish Horse) Squadron, Queen's Own Yeomanry
*40 (Ulster) Signal Regiment
*206 (Ulster) Battery, Royal Artillery
*152 (Ulster) Transport Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
*253 (North Irish) General Support Medical Regiment
*204 (North Irish) Field Hospital
*The Queen's University Officers' Training Corps

External links

* [http://www.army.mod.uk/107bde/index.htm British Army website page]