British army to move Ulster memorials
Hundreds of memorials dedicated to soldiers murdered by terrorists in Northern Ireland over the past 30 years are to be moved amid fears they will be vandalised by Irish republicans.
More than 250 memorials, including plaques, stone carvings and trees, located at more than 20 bases across Ulster will be removed to more secure locations within the province and the British mainland during the next few months.
Defence chiefs have ruled out any possibility of permanent memorials remaining at the Northern Ireland bases, which are now being abandoned as the MoD scales down operations in the province. Relatives of -hundreds of dead soldiers have been informed that the memorials cannot stay where their loved ones were murdered on active service, for fear that they might be destroyed by IRA sympathisers.
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More than 250 memorials, including plaques, stone carvings and trees, located at more than 20 bases across Ulster will be removed to more secure locations within the province and the British mainland during the next few months.
Defence chiefs have ruled out any possibility of permanent memorials remaining at the Northern Ireland bases, which are now being abandoned as the MoD scales down operations in the province. Relatives of -hundreds of dead soldiers have been informed that the memorials cannot stay where their loved ones were murdered on active service, for fear that they might be destroyed by IRA sympathisers.