Source:- politicshome.com Over 250,000 military personnel served in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner, the longest continuous deployment of troops in British military history. Between August 1969 and July 2007, 1,441 military personnel died as a result of operations there, 722 in paramilitary attacks. During the same period the British military were responsible for the deaths of 301 people, over half of whom were civilians. In total, around 3,520 people were killed during the Troubles. Here we examine how armed forces personnel