Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Hayes, Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service)

General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24785418 Pte, R Irish (HS)); Accumulated Campaign Service Medal, E.II.R. (24785418 Pte, R Irsh (HS) mounted as worn, good very fine (2) £280-320

The Royal Irish Regiment was amalgamated with the Ulster Defence Regiment in 1992. The 1st and 2nd Battalions were general service battalions; the 3rd-9th battalions (Home Service battalions), permanently based in Northern Ireland, filled the roll formerly occupied by the U.D.R. in combating terrorism.