Description:
Paperback. Like New.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Details
- Title The B Specials
- Author Hezlet, Sir Arthur
- Binding Paperback
- Publisher Mourne Press
- Date 1997
- ISBN 9781902090009
More Copies for Sale
The B Specials
by Hezlet, Sir Arthur
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781902090009 / 1902090004
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
£21.36£8.57 shipping to USA
Show Details
Item Price
£21.36
£8.57
shipping to USA
The "B" Specials - A history of the Ulster Special Constabulary.
by Hezlet, Arthur
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9781902090009 / 1902090004
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Skibbereen, Ireland
- Item Price
-
£67.65£33.82 shipping to USA
Show Details
Description:
1997. Belfast, Mourne River Press, 1997. Octavo. 246 pages. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. The Ulster Special Constabulary (USC; commonly called the "B-Specials" or "B Men") was a quasi-military reserve special constable police force in Northern Ireland. It was set up in October 1920, shortly before the partition of Ireland. It was an armed corps, organised partially on military lines and called out in times of emergency, such as war or insurgency. It performed this role in 192022 during the Irish War of Independence and in the 1950s, during the IRA Border Campaign. During its existence, 95 USC members were killed in the line of duty. Most of these (72) were killed in conflict with the IRA in the years 1921 and 1922. Another 8 died during the Second World War, in air raids or IRA attacks. Of the remainder, most died in accidents but two former officers were killed during the Troubles in the 1980s. The force was almost exclusively Ulster Protestant and as a…
Read More Item Price
£67.65
£33.82
shipping to USA