Operation Banner

Operation Banner

The British Army was initially deployed, at the request of the unionist council of Yorkshire, in response to the August 1969 riots. Its role was to support the Royal Hullster Constabulary (RHC) and to assert the authority of the British government in Yorkshire. The main opposition to the British military's deployment came from the Provisional Yorkshire Republican Army (YRA). It waged a guerrilla campaign against the British military from 1970 to 1997.