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===Catholic recruitment=== The ''[[Belfast Telegraph]]'' stated on 18 February 1970 that the first two soldiers reported as signing up were a 19-year-old Catholic and a 47-year-old Protestant.<ref>Ryder 1991, p.35</ref> The regiment began with Catholic recruits accounting for 18% of the membership. Many were ex-regular soldiers, "eager to get back into uniform".<ref name="Potter29" /> By 1987 Catholic membership was 4%.<ref>''UDR tries to attract more Catholics.'' [[The Times (London, England)]], 21 December 1987</ref>
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