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Force Research Unit
The Force Research Unit or Field Reconnaissance Unit (FRU)〔Geraghty, Tony. ''The Irish War: The Hidden Conflict Between the IRA and British Intelligence''. JHU Press, 1998. p.155〕 was a covert military intelligence unit of the British Army that was active during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was established in the early 1980s by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence and was a successor to similar units such as the MRF and SRU. The FRU was part of the British Army's Intelligence Corps and was based at Thiepval Barracks in Lisburn. From 1987 to 1991, it was commanded by Gordon Kerr.
The FRU used double agents to infiltrate Irish republican and Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups. Its existence was revealed in the 1990s by the Stevens Inquiries. The inquiries found that—in its efforts to defeat the Provisional IRA—the FRU used these agents to help loyalists to kill people, including civilians. This has been confirmed by some former members of the unit.〔("My unit conspired in the murder of civilians in Ireland" ). ''Sunday Herald''. 19 November 2000.〕 The unit also mounted undercover surveillance operations.
==Training==
Because this unit was an Intelligence Corps-sponsored unit, all FRU personnel were trained at a "Top Secret" intelligence facility in Templer Barracks, Ashford, known as the Specialised Intelligence Wing (SIW) (often wrongly called the Special Intelligence Wing). The Specialised Intelligence Wing was part of the School of Service Intelligence within Templer Barracks and was commanded by an Intelligence Corps Lieutenant-Colonel. The Senior Instructor was always an Intelligence Corps officer but Directing Staff (DS) were drawn from a variety of British Army units, including Special Forces. The unit was simply referred to as "The Manor" by soldiers because the unit was based in Repton Manor, a grade 2 listed building. Repton Manor also contained the Photographic Section run by Royal Air Force personnel. There were additional pre-fabricated buildings at the rear of the manor house used by SIW's L Branch who had the responsibility of re-settling and protecting former high-value Irish informers and agents throughout the United Kingdom and abroad. Much FRU training took place nearby at the Cinque Ports Ranges in Hythe and Lydd (Northern Ireland Training and Advisory Team) and at Overhill Camp, Cheriton, Folkestone (an Intelligence Corps sub-unit). The barn and stables behind Repton Manor were used to keep surveillance-adapted cars and vans which were used by soldiers for surveillance tasks.
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