during the regiment's 22-year history, loyalist raids were mounted against 3 udr, 5 udr, 7 udr, 10 udr, and 11 udr. subsequent to a raid against 11 udr's c company, lurgan on 20 october 1972, the guard commander, sgt. billy hanna mm, was convicted of supplying arms and information to loyalist paramilitaries. most were recovered in follow up operations, but some were later proven to have been used by loyalist organisations to carry out crimes, including murders. most stolen weapons were taken by loyalist organisations, but a number of soldiers were killed by members of the ira who attacked their homes to steal rifles.