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Timeline 30

Operation Banner in Northern Ireland 1969 - 2007

The 3rd Bn. Queens Regiment deployed on multiple active-service tours in NI from 1966 to 1991

1961

1966

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1979

1982 1983 1984

1988

1990 - 1991 - 1998 - 2007

..........and so, OP Banner closes after 38 years of armed combat, the longest campaign in the history of the Regiment.