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.