1 RUR march through Belfast post Borneo/Sarawak

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Belfast Borneo Sarawak

The 1st Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles marched through Belfast and past the City Hall where the Lord Mayor and the Belfast City Corporation held a civic reception. The event marked the Battalion’s return from their operational deployment during the ‘Confrontation’ with Indonesia in Sarawak on the island of Borneo.