By March 1970, there had been 4,791 applications to join, of which 946 were from Catholics and 2,424 from current or former members of the B-Specials. 2,440 had been accepted, including 1,423 from current or former B-Specials.[1]
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B Specials UDR applications[2]
| Battalion |
Applications |
Accepted |
USC |
Accepted |
| Antrim (1 UDR) |
575 |
221 |
220 |
93 |
| Armagh (2 UDR) |
615 |
370 |
402 |
277 |
| Down (3 UDR) |
460 |
229 |
195 |
116 |
| Fermanagh (4 UDR) |
471 |
223 |
386 |
193 |
| County Londonderry (5 UDR) |
671 |
382 |
338 |
219 |
| Tyrone (6 UDR) |
1,187 |
637 |
813 |
419 |
| Belfast (7 UDR) |
797 |
378 |
70 |
36 |
| Total |
5,351 |
2,440 |
2,424 |
1,353 |
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The numbers don't match unless Potter is claiming 560 consecutive applications were rejected, and that 70 former B-Specials were accepted then rejected. FDW777 (talk) 16:02, 2 November 2025 (UTC)
- Never mind. Since Hansard includes essentially the same table (without the 5,351 and 1,353 figures, which don't add up) I've standardised the data. FDW777 (talk) 16:16, 2 November 2025 (UTC)