when did operation banner start
By the start of 1971 the Provisional IRA was ready to go to war with the British Army in Northern Ireland. Its first victim was Robert Curtis, a 20-year-old soldier who was gunned down by a sniper on February 6th, while on foot patrol on New Lodge Road.o reference this page, use the following citation: R. Poole & J. Llewellyn, âOperation Banner: the British Army in Northern Irelandâ, Alpha History, accessed [todayâs date], http://alphahistory.com/northernireland/operation-banner/.