3rd (County Down) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (3 UDR) was formed in 1970 as part of the 7 original battalions specified in the The Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 1969 and was brought into force on 1 January 1970. It was, along with the rest of the regiment, amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment.
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| - 3rd (County Down) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (3 UDR) was formed in 1970 as part of the 7 original battalions specified in the The Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 1969 and was brought into force on 1 January 1970. It was, along with the rest of the regiment, amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment.
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| Commander
| - Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner CBE
- First: General Sir John Anderson GBE, KCB, DSO.
- Last: General Sir Charles Huxtable, KCB, CBE, DL
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| - Garryowen & Sprig of Shillelagh.
- Oft in the Stilly Night
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| - "Quis Separabit"
- "Who Shall Separate Us?"
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| - 3rd (County Down) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (3 UDR) was formed in 1970 as part of the 7 original battalions specified in the The Ulster Defence Regiment Act 1969, which received Royal Assent on 18 December 1969 and was brought into force on 1 January 1970. It was, along with the rest of the regiment, amalgamated with the Royal Irish Rangers in 1992 to form the Royal Irish Regiment.
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