General Sir Frank Douglas King, GCB, MBE (9 March 1919 – 30 March 1998) was a British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding of the British Army in Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles.

The British Army was initially deployed, at the request of the unionist government of Northern Ireland, in response to the August 1969 riots. Its role was to support the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) and to assert the authority of the British government in Northern Ireland.

On 12th July 1940, a Lieutenant General was appointed as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland (BTNI). At this time, Headquarters of VI Corps set up in Belfast, Co. Antrim but was absorbed into BTNI.

HQ Northern Ireland was the formation responsible for the British Army in and around Northern Ireland. It was established in 1922 and disbanded, replaced by a brigade-level Army Reserve formation, 38 (Irish) Brigade, in 2009. Ireland was partitioned in mid-1921.

Meet the British Army Senior Leaders - Chief of the General Staff, Army Sergeant Major, Commander Field Army, Commander Home Command and Standing Joint Commander, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff.

With two field formations now deployed in the Province, on 12 July 1940, a new appointment was made as General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland (B.T.N.I.), a Lieutenant General’s position.

Established in May 1941, British Troops in Northern Ireland Ireland (B.T.N.I.) was responsible for the defence of the region throughout the Second World War. On 18th January 1943, Lieutenant J.R. Bainbridge photographed a B.T.N.I. Security Poster marked "Most Secret" at a location somewhere in Northern Ireland.

Operation Banner was the deployment of British soldiers in Northern Ireland. This action was considered as early as 1966 when violence erupted between the newly formed Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and armed Republicans.

From May 1941 - July 1943, Lieutenant General Harold Edmund Franklyn C.B., D.S.O., M.C. was General Officer Commanding British Troops in Northern Ireland.

Jul 16, 2019 · Operation Banner, the official name of the British military campaign in Northern Ireland, is among the most controversial and misunderstood British military engagements in recent history and this is not surprising due to the propaganda promoted by the IRA and other republican movements.