the company commander of c company, (newry), 3 udr, was the former commander of the ta unit and was pleased to see that virtually all of his ta soldiers were on parade, in the ta centre, in exactly the same drill hall as they had previously used, for the first night of the new regiment. he noted there were some former b specials in the room and observed they did not initially associate with the others – not on the grounds of religion but because the former ta soldiers all knew each other socially and sat together on canteen breaks whereas the former specials kept to their group of comrades, but within a week both had melded together.