(27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th and Ulster Defence Regiment) in 1992. Uniform Accommodating the traditions of the three regiments required compromise: The caubeen was adopted as the headdress for the new Regiment as all the former regiments had worn it The green hackle was formerly worn by the Royal Irish Fusiliers The Castle collar badges had been worn by the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers The black buttons had been worn by the Royal Ulster Rifles The brown cross belt was a compromise between the brown Sam Browne belts worn by the Fusiliers and the black cross belt worn in the Rifles In addition all ranks of the new regiment were to wear 'piper green' trousers. Territorial Army The Territorial battalions formed the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Rangers (North Irish Militia) which also included the sole London Irish Rifles company and the 5th Battalion Royal Irish Rangers. The two TA battalions trained as units until 1993 when following the Options for Change White Paper, they were merged to form the 4/5th Battalion Royal Irish Rangers (Volunteers). Roll of honour Post 1968 21 May 1972. Ranger William J Best – 1 R IRISH. A 19-year-old on leave from Germany, abducted from his mother's home in Derry and killed by the OIRA. 19 July 1972. Staff Sergeant Talaiasi Labalaba BEM, MID – 2 R IRISH (attached 22 SAS). During Battle of Mirbat in Oman. 23 March 1974. Major D P Farrell MBE – 1 R IRISH (Retired). Shot dead by the OIRA when he was walking his dog near his home in Mountfield, near Omagh, County Tyrone. 12 April 1974. Captain S Garthwaite MID - attached 22 SAS. Oman. 6 December 1977. Ranger Charles George McLaughlin and Ranger Hugh Thompson - 1 R IRISH. Died on Fire Fighting duties in Manchester during the firemen's strike. 28 December 1980. Warrant Officer Hugh McGinn – 5 (V) R IRISH. Shot by the Irish National Liberation Army at the door of his home in Armagh. 13 April 1983. Sergeant Trevor A Elliot - 5(V) R IRISH. Shot by Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) in Keady. 9 May 1984. Corporal Trevor May - 4(V) R IRISH. Killed in Newry when an Improvised explosive device placed under a car exploded. 9 October 1989. Lance Corporal Tommy Gibson – 4(V) R IRISH. Killed by PIRA in Kilrea. 24 October 1990. Ranger Cyril J Smith QGM - 2 R IRISH. Killed