UDR Night Patrol

An unarmed female soldier from the 3rd (County Down) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (3 UDR) known as a Greenfinch, wearing semi-formal skirt and a Flak Jacket body armour joins male colleagues in conducting snap VCPs (vehicle checkpoints) during a routine night patrol in County Down, 26th March 1976. Male soldiers in the UDR were identified with the radio codeword of Greentop while women were given the codeword of Greenfinch. (Photo by Alex Bowie/Getty Images)
An unarmed female soldier from the 3rd (County Down) Battalion, Ulster Defence Regiment (3 UDR) known as a Greenfinch, wearing semi-formal skirt and a Flak Jacket body armour joins male colleagues in conducting snap VCPs (vehicle checkpoints) during a routine night patrol in County Down, 26th March 1976. Male soldiers in the UDR were identified with the radio codeword of Greentop while women were given the codeword of Greenfinch. (Photo by Alex Bowie/Getty Images)
UDR Night Patrol
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Credit:
Alex Bowie / Contributor
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1251712951
Collection:
Hulton Archive
Date created:
26 March, 1976
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Source:
Hulton Archive
Object name:
ni_udr-vcp.jpg
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