Original sentence: Although the perception is of a large proportion of Southerners in the Regiment, in reality less than ten percent of the manning is from the South.Having played a crucial role in creating the environment for normalisation the Northern Ireland Resident Battalions of the Regiment were told - in what some saw as a breathtaking display of callous ingratitude given the level of casualties suffered by the regiment since its formation in 1970, and others a welcome end to what remained of the hated UDR - that they would be disbanded.In Northern Ireland the Regiment claims recruits from all sections of the community and both sides of any sectarian divide, and in addition has been successful in recruiting many non-UK personnel, particularly from South Africa and Zimbabwe, Fiji and the Carribean in addition to Southern Irish.Lieutenant Richard Gordon DEANE Military Cross.Many of the members are second and third generation Irish from England.The General Service Battalion is notable for the number of soldiers recruited from the Republic of Ireland
Edited sentence: Having played a crucial role in creating the environment for normalisation the Northern Ireland Resident Battalions of the Regiment were told - in what many saw as a breathtaking display of callous ingratitude given the level of casualties suffered by the regiment  since its formation in 1970 - that they would be disbanded.In Northern Ireland the Regiment has recruits from all sections of the community and both sides of any sectarian divide.The General Service Battalion is notable for the large number of soldiers recruited from the Republic of Ireland