The British army was first deployed on the streets in the North of Ireland on 14th August 1969, marking the beginning of ‘Operation Banner'. It lasted until 31 July 2007 and was the longest continuous deployment in British military history. At the peak of the operation in the 1970s, about 21,000 British troops were deployed. 1,441 serving British military personnel died in Operation Banner.

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