2 R IRISH Ceases to Exist

On the 1 July 1993, the manpower of the two General Service battalions of The Royal Irish Regiment was merged within the 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment based in Episkopi Garrison of the United Kingdom’s Western Sovereign Base Area, Cyprus. Although some members of 2 R IRISH, the former 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Rangers, did remain in Lemgo to complete the handover of Stornoway Barracks to Stadt Lemgo, bringing to an end 43 years of British Military presence in the town, it is widely taken that 2 R IRISH was disbanded and ceased to exist on this date.

The title was resurrected when the then Territorial Army battalion, The Royal Irish Rangers, was retitled the 2nd Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment.