Royal Ulster Constabulary
URI(s)
Variants
R.U.C.
RUC
Northern Ireland. Royal Ulster Constabulary
Ulster Constabulary, Royal
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC
Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross
Constáblacht Ríoga Uladh
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Later Established Forms
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
Sources
found: The Royal Irish Constabulary, 1990:t.p. (Royal Irish Constabulary) p. 1 (RIC disbanned in 1922 to be replaced by RUC in Northern Ireland)
found: Police Service of Northern Ireland WWW Home page, Oct. 21, 2002:press releases 17/10/01 (The Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Dr John Reid has announced that the name of the Royal Ulster Constabulary will change on 4th Nov. 2001 to the Police Service of Northern Ireland)
found: Wikipedia, June 23, 2008(Royal Ulster Constabulary; Royal Ulster Constabulary GC (Irish: Constáblacht Ríoga Uladh) was the police force in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 2001; founded on 1 June 1922 out of the Royal Irish Constabulary; on 12 April 2000, the RUC was awarded the George Cross for bravery in dealing with terrorist threat; became the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2001)
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Change Notes
1981-05-06: new
2014-02-26: revised
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