Auxiliary Division

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The Auxiliary Division was a British paramilitary police force composed largely of former military officers, deployed in Ireland during the War of Independence and notorious for its harsh counter-insurgency tactics and involvement in atrocities.

Aliases (1)

Auxiliary Division of the RIC ×1

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Royal Irish Constabulary → associatedForce → Auxiliary Division →

Black and Tans → associatedWith → Auxiliary Division →

this entity surface form: "Auxiliary Division of the RIC"

Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) → opponent → Auxiliary Division →

Bloody Sunday (1920) → perpetrator → Auxiliary Division →