Roll of Honour
Northern Ireland
& Falkland Islands
United Kingdom Armed Forces Royal Ulster Constabulary
and Veterans George Cross and Ex Officers
1969 - 2007
1969 - 2001
We remember them
with honour and pride
Tri-Service Memorial Garden
Palace Barracks, Holywood, Northern Ireland
This book is dedicated to the memory of the men and women of the
United Kingdom Armed Forces and Veterans 1969 - 2007
Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross and Ex Officers 1969 - 2001
Who lost their lives in Northern Ireland and the Falkland Islands - 1982.
Introduction
A quiet corner of the Holywood Army Base For those men and women of our Armed
has become a poignant place of pilgrimage Forces and the Royal Ulster Constabulary
for the bereaved families of the Security George Cross who are remembered in this
Forces personnel, killed in the Troubles in book, the price they paid was the highest.
Northern Ireland and other conflicts Albert D. Owens MBE
around the world over the last 50 years. Memorial Custodian
After a great deal of planning and Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
designing, in late 1993 the first www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk
foundations and memorial for the one-
and-a-half acre site of the memorial garden
in Palace Barracks was laid. The memorial
stones themselves are all made from South
African polished granite and engraved with
the serviceman or servicewoman’s name
and their Regimental badge.
I designed and have maintained and run
the Palace Barracks Memorial Garden,
Holywood on a voluntary basis for the last
28 years.
My aim over the years has been to never let
those servicemen and women who lost
their lives in the service of our country be
forgotten and that they should always be
remembered with honour and pride.
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Operation Banner
Operation Banner was the longest deployment in British Military
history. which lasted from 1969 to 2007
Throughout the years the commitment of the men and women of our
Armed Forces was unstinting. The courage and sacrifice of more than
300.000 personnel who served in the Province on Op Banner will never
be forgotten by there Families, Friends and Comrades.
More than 1000 Armed Forces personnel died and 6,116 were wounded
during the 38 years of Operation Banner. Among this number, 763
servicemen and women were killed as a direct result of terrorism
including 651 Army and Royal Marines, One Royal Navy serviceman,
50 Former members of the Ulster Defence Regiment and Royal Irish
Regiment; 10 Territorial Army Soldiers and 51 Military Personnel killed
outside Northern Ireland, including 4 members of the Royal Air Force
and 3 Ministry of Defence Civilians.
Royal Ulster Constabulary
George Cross
We Remember the Male and Female police officers who died.
Along with the Armed Forces they paid a high price for keeping the
peace while maintaining law and order, under the constant threat of
attacks against them either at their homes or on duty.
320 Serving Officers were killed as a direct result of terrorism
20 Former Officers died as a result of terrorism
604 Officers died in service
We remember them with honour and pride
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Royal Ulster Constabulary
The RUC stone in the Memorial Garden and the George Cross
following pages, are dedicated to those officers of
the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC who paid the
ultimate price in the name of their country, during the
bloodiest thirty-odd years of domestic British history.
In November 1999 Her Majesty The Queen conferred the George
Cross on the Royal Ulster Constabulary for Gallantry. A total of 300
RUC officers have been murdered during the Troubles. The IRA has
killed 277, the INLA and IPLO 12 and loyalist terrorists eight. Three
were murdered by unknown groups. In addition, four officers were
killed by the security forces by mistake and over 9,000 injured during
the course of their duties.
Terrorist groups have bombed, shot and beaten RUC officers to death,
sometimes killing relatives and other civilians in the process.
Levels of stress-related illness have been higher than in any other police
force: almost 70 officers have committed suicide, many of them with
RUC-issued weapons.
Here at Palace Barracks I have great pride and admiration for the men
and women of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross and the
high price they have paid serving in Northern Ireland. A memorial
stone, bearing the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross crest is
dedicated in their honour in the memorial garden, where I proudly fly
their flag.
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Above: Funeral in Bangor, Co Down of Reserve Policewoman Mildred Anne Harrison, who was married
with two young daughters aged six and three. She was the first policewoman to be killed in the troubles.
The Funeral is headed by the Royal Ulster Constabulary Band George Cross. She was passing a public
house while on beat patrol when a UVF bomb exploded, killing her instantly.
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George Cross CON VICTOR W. ARBUCKLE AGED 29. KILLED 11 OCT 1969
Shot dead during street disturbances in the loyalist Shankill Road, near to the Republican Unity Flats
Belfast. He was married with a son. He was the first police officer murdered in the troubles in Northern
Ireland
CON SAMUEL DONALDSON AGED 23. KILLED 12 AUG 1970
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had booby trapped a car which had been stolen four days earlier and
abandoned near Culloville, Crossmaglen, in Co Armagh. He and another young officer discovered the car
while on foot patrol on the 11 August 1970. As they were examining the car the 20lb device exploded. He
and his colleague died the following day in hospital.He was unmarried.
CON ROBERT MILLER AGED 27. KILLED 12 AUG 1970
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had booby trapped a car which had been stolen four days earlier and
abandoned near Culloville, Crossmaglen, in Co Armagh. He and another young officer discovered the car
while on foot patrol on the 11 August 1970 .As they were examining the car the 20lb device exploded. He
and his colleague died the following day in hospital.He was unmarried.
CON ROBERT W.A. BUCKLEY AGED 31. KILLED 26 FEB 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen during serious riots at Alliance Avenue, in the Ardoyne area of North
Belfast. Police Officers came under fire from gunmen in the crowd, fatally wounding him and another
colleague. He was married with two children age three and one.
D/INSP CECIL J.M. PATTERSON AGED 45. KILLED 26 FEB 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen during serious riots at Alliance Avenue, in the Ardoyne area of North
Belfast. Police Officers came under fire from the gunmen in the crowd, fatally wounding him and another
colleague. He was married with one son.
CON ROBERT F. LESLIE AGED 20. KILLED 18 SEP 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who suddenly pulled up in their car along side the foot patrol in
Castle Place, Strabane, Co Tyrone. A terrorist got out of the car and opened fire on him and a colleague.
His colleague Con Watterson, was also shot but survived the attack. He was unmarried.
CON CECIL H. CUNNINGHAM AGED 46. KILLED 15 OCT 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while he and a colleague were on bank protection duty in civilian
clothes in a stationery car at the Woodvale Road and Twaddell Avenue junction in the Ardoyne area,
North Belfast. A car pulled up beside their car and gunmen opened fire on the two officers. Both officers
died in the attack. He was married with a son aged nine.
CON JOHN T. HASLETT AGED 21. KILLED 5 OCT 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while he and a colleague were on bank protection duty in civilian
clothes in a stationery car at the Woodvale Road, Twaddell Avenue junction in the Ardoyne area, North
Belfast. A car pulled up beside their car and gunmen opened fire on the two officers. Both officers died in
the attack. He was unmarried.
SGT RONALD J. DODD AGED 34. KILLED 27 OCT 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen. He and a colleague had been called to a farm to investigate a fire in
Gallagh, Toomebridge, Co Antrim. As they were about to leave the farm in their car they were ambushed
by terrorist gunmen. Another constable survived the ambush. He was married with three children.
INSP ALFRED H. DEVLIN AGED 42. KILLED 29 OCT 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorists when they planted a bomb in a shop next to Chichester Road RUC Station,
Belfast where he was working in his office when the bomb exploded killing him. He was married with two
children.
D/CON STANLEY CORRY AGED 31. KILLED 01 NOV 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who murdered both officers by shooting
them in the back as he and a colleague were examining a crime scene in a boutique shop in a shopping
centre in Andersontown, West Belfast. He was married with two children.
D/CON WILLIAM R. RUSSELL AGED 31. KILLED 01 NOV 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorists gunmen with automatic weapons who murdered both officers by shooting
them in the back as he and a colleague were examining a crime scene in a boutique shop in a shopping
centre in Andersontown, West Belfast. He was married with one child.
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SGT DERMOT HURLEY AGED 50. KILLED 11 NOV 1971 George Cross
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who entered off-licence premises on the Old Park Road, Belfast,Co
Antrim. He and a colleague, who were unarmed, were murdered in cold blood while they were talking to
the owner. He was married with five children. The owner was unhurt.
CON THOMAS J. W. MOORE AGED 37. KILLED 11 NOV 1971
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who entered off - licence premises on the Old Park Road, Belfast, Co
Antrim. He and a colleague, who were unarmed, were murdered in cold blood while they were talking to
the owner. He was unmarried. The owner was unhurt.
PT/R/CON RAYMOND F. DENHAM AGED 42. KILLED 12 JAN 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who sought him out while off duty at his place of civilian work at a
printers works in Waterford Street in the Falls Road area of West Belfast. He was married with one son
and a 11 month old daughter.
SGT PETER GILGUNN AGED 26. KILLED 27 JAN 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed the mobile patrol he was part of at the Junction of the
Creggan Road and Helen Street in the Rosemount Area, Londonderry. Their vehicle was hit seventeen
times. He and Constable Montgomery were fatally wounded.He was married with one son aged 8 months
old.
CON DAVID J. MONTGOMERY AGED 20. KILLED 27 JAN 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed the mobile patrol he was part of at the Junction of the
Creggan Road and Helen Street in the Rosemount Area of Londonderry. Their vehicle was hit seventeen
times.He and Sgt Gilgunn were fatally wounded. He was unmarried.
CON RAYMOND N. CARROLL AGED 22. KILLED 28 JAN 1972
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman who shot him from behind in the back and head at point blank
range, as he was tuning the engine of his sports car at a filling station on the Oldpark Road, Belfast,Co
Antrim. He was preparing it for a motor car rally the next weekend. He had been married only nine
months when he was murdered.
SGT THOMAS R. MORROW AGED 28. KILLED 02 MAR 1972
On the 22nd February 1972, he and a colleague were responding to a report that intruders were in the
Bairnswear Factory, Camlough, Co Armagh. It was a bogus call to lure the police officers into a trap. They
came under gunfire where he was seriously wounded by the IRA terrorist gunmen. He died of his wounds
in hospital on the 2nd March 1972. He was unmarried.
CON WILLIAM S. LOGAN AGED 23. KILLED 15 MAR 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who ambushed the joint Army/Police patrol
he was part of while operating in the Coalisland area, Co Tyrone on the 14 March 1972. The vehicle
he was driving was hit forty times. He died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast the next day. He was
unmarried.
CON ERNEST McALLISTER AGED 31. KILLED 20 MAR 1972
Murdered by an IRA terrorist car bomb that exploded in the Lower Donegal Street,Belfast as he was
helping to clear the innocent civilians away from the danger area. He and Constable O’Neill were killed
instantly. He was married with one daughter.
CON BERNARD M. O’NEILL AGED 36. KILLED 20 MAR 1972
Murdered by an IRA terrorist car bomb that exploded in the Lower Donegal Street,Belfast as he was
helping to clear innocent civilians away from the danger area. He and Constable McAllister were killed
instantly. He was married with two children.
CON SAMUEL R.D. HOUSTON QPM. AGED 22 KILLED 26 JUN 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen he was attempting to arrest after they had placed a bomb in a bar in
Newry,Co Down. His wife gave birth to his daughter three weeks after his murder. Awarded(Post) Queen’s
Police Medal for Gallantry.
R/CON ROBERT D. LAVERTY AGED 18. KILLED 16 JUL 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on mobile patrol along the Antrim Road, Belfast, when his
vehicle was ambushed by terrorist gunmen. He died of his injuries shortly afterwards. He was unmarried.
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George Cross P/T/R/CON ROBERT J.M. GIBSON AGED 57.KILLED 21 JUL 1972
Murdered while off duty by an IRA terrorist bomb placed at the bus station where he worked in Oxford
Street, Belfast. By the end of the day nine people had been murdered and over 125 people were seriously
injured by twenty devices left by the IRA terrorist bombers in over one hour. It came to be known as
Bloody Friday. He was married with five children.
CON ANDREW G. HARRON, QPM. AGED 32. KILLED 21 OCT 1972
Shot and seriously injured by a UDA gunman he had stopped in a stolen car on the Shore Road, Belfast
on the 17th October 1972. He died from his Injuries in hospital on the 21st October 1972. He was
married with two children, another officer was also injured in the shooting. Awarded (Post) Queens Police
Medal for Gallantry.
CON/P/T/R/CON JOSEPH CALVIN AGED 42. KILLED 17 NOV 1972
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby trap car bomb left under his car in a car park in Quay Lane,
Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. He was going off duty and had got into his vehicle and a few minutes after he
had started the engine the car bomb exploded killing him. He was married with a 17 year daughter.
CON ROBERT KEYS AGED 55. KILLED 28 NOV 1972
Murdered during an IRA terrorist Rocket Propelled Grenade(RPG) and automatic weapons attack on the
Belleek RUC Station, Co Fermanagh, from across the border in Southern Ireland. This was one of the
many attacks carried out by the terrorists on RUC stations this day across the Province. He was married
with six children.
CON JAMES NIXON AGED 49. KILLED 13 DEC 1972
Murdered by IRA terrorists gunmen as he left a hotel on the Antrim Road,Belfast. Terrorists fired nearly
thirty rounds at him hitting him in the head and chest. He was off duty at the time of his murder. He was
married with four children.
CON GEORGE CHAMBERS AGED 44. KILLED 15 DEC 1972
Fatally injured by six OIRA terrorist gunmen in an ambush in the Kilwilkie Estate, in Lurgan, Co Armagh.
Other officers were also injured in the ambush and as he lay wounded on the ground a terrorist gunman
ran over to him and murdered him in cold blood .He would have carried on killing the wounded officers.
It was only when one of the wounded officers returned fire that the OIRA terrorists fled the area .He was
married with six daughters.
P/T/R/CON HENRY J. SANDFORD AGED 34. KILLED 14 JAN 1973
Murdered by an IRA terrorist landmine explosion on the mountain road between Pomeroy and Cappagh,
Co Tyrone.He was driving a police land rover which took the full force of the landmine blast and he was
killed instantly. A colleague with him survived the blast. He was married with two sons.
CON MERVYN S. WILSON AGED 23. KILLED 14 JAN 1973
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb which exploded as he attempted to drive off
from the Harbour Square which was behind the Victoria RUC Station, Londonderry. He died later in
hospital. He was married.
SGT DAVID W. DORSETT AGED 37. KILLED 14 JAN 1973
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb which exploded as he and a colleague
attempted to drive off from the Harbour Square which was behind the Victoria RUC station,
Londonderry. He was killed instantly. He was married with three children.
CON CHARLES H. MORRISON AGED 26. KILLED 08 FEB 1973
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen using tracer rounds which hit him in the back while he was attending
a lady who had been injured in a road traffic accident on the Donaghmore Road, Dungannon, Co Tyrone.
He was unmarried.
CON WILLIAM R. WYLIE QPM. AGED 25. KILLED 27 FEB 1973
Murdered in a gun battle when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons while he
and a colleague where checking a suspicious car at Cranagh Bridge near the shores of lough Neagh. He
managed to return fire before being killed. His colleague died of his wounds In hospital on the 25 March
1973.He was married with one child six months old. Awarded a (Post) Queens Police Medal.
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CON ROBERT MCCAULEY QPM. AGED 44. KILLED 25 MAR 1973 George Cross
Seriously wounded in a gun battle when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons
while he and a colleague were checking a suspicious car at Cranagh Bridge near the shores of lough
Neagh, on the 27th February 1973. He was critically wounded in the chest ,arm and stomach in the initial
ambush but managed to engage the terrorists with his weapon for 15 minutes before they withdrew across
open fields leaving their car behind.He died of his injuries on the 25 March 1973. He was married with
two sons. Awarded a (Post) Queens Police Medal.
CON DAVID PURVIS AGED 22. KILLED 05 JUN 1973
Murdered while on foot patrol with a colleague by an IRA terrorist gunman with an automatic weapon
who shot him from a passing vehicle in Enniskillen,Co Fermanagh.His colleague survived the shooting. He
was unmarried.
P/T/R/CON WILLIAM J. McELVEEN AGED 36. KILLED 13 AUG 1973
Murdered while off duty and at his civilian work as a security guard at Ulster Crown Cork in Cathedral
Road Armagh. He had heard a vehicle drive into the forecourt of his workplace and on opening the
factory door he was hit twice by two high velocity rounds fired by IRA terrorist gunmen. He was married
with one son.
P/T/R/CON WILLIAM E. CAMPBELL AGED 27. KILLED 16 OCT 1973
Murdered while on foot patrol with another officer when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen from a
parked car on the Antrim Road,Belfast.A twelve year old girl was also wounded in the leg {she made a full
recovery}.He was married with two baby boys.
D/CON JOHN DOHERTY AGED 31. KILLED 28 OCT 1973
Murdered by an IRA terrorist ambush while visiting his widowed mother’s home near Lifford, in Co
Donegal.He was on his return journey with his girlfriend when the terrorist gunmen opened fire on his
car hitting him six times in the back, fatally wounding him. His girlfriend suffered no injuries. He was
unmarried.
CON ROBERT MEGAW AGED 29. KILLED 01 DEC 1973
Murdered while on mobile patrol when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen from a vacant house, at the
junction of Sloan Street / Edward Street, Lurgan, Co Armagh.He was married with three children.
D/CON GEORGE M. ROLSTON AGED 37. KILLED 11 DEC 1973
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb which had been attached to the underside of
his car outside his home in Newcastle, Co Down. He got into his car and turned the ignition on when the
booby trap bomb exploded killing him instantly.He was married with three children.
CON MICHAEL J. LOGUE AGED 21. KILLED 29 DEC 1973
Murdered by UDA/UVF terrorist gunmen in the Forthriver Road, Glencairn Estate, Belfast. Three RUC
officers in their police Land Rover came under fire as they drove into the car park of the local Spar
supermarket to investigate an armed robbery. His two colleagues survived the ambush. He was unmarried.
P/T/R/CON JOHN M. ROGERS AGED 49. KILLED 26 JAN 1974
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman while he and a colleague were on beat patrol near the Glen Inn
public house in the Glengormley Area, Co Antrim. One single shot was fired fatally wounding him. He was
married with four children.
P/T/R/CON WILLIAM BAGGLEY AGED 43. KILLED 29 JAN 1974
Murdered while on foot patrol with a colleague when they were ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen with
automatic weapons in Dungiven Road, Londonderry. He was married with three children. His daughter
Linda Baggley, also a Reserve Constable in the RUC, was murdered on the 7th June 1976 near the same
spot where her father was murdered.
CON THOMAS I. McCLINTON AGED 28. KILLED 02 MAR 1974
Murdered by two IRA teenaged terrorist gunmen at point blank range. They walked up behind him and
shot him three times in the back of his head in Upper Donegal Street,Belfast. He was married with one
daughter.One of his murderers was a fourteen year old teenager.
CON CYRIL J. WILSON AGED 37. KILLED 17 MAR 1974
Fatally shot on mobile patrol when ambushed by Loyalist terrorist gunmen in Craigavon, Co Armagh, on
the 16 March 1974 he died in hospital the following day. He was married with one child.
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George Cross SGT FREDERICK ROBINSON AGED 40. KILLED 19 MAR 1974
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb planted under his car outside his home in
Greenisland, Co Antrim.He was off duty and started the engine with the intention of putting it in his
garage when it exploded killing him instantly. He was married with three children.
CON THOMAS G. McCALL AGED 34. KILLED 16 APR 1974
Murdered at a security barrier by IRA terrorist gunmen in a passing vehicle in Newtownhamilton. Co
Armagh.It then escaped over the border into Southern Ireland. He was married with two baby daughters.
CON BRIAN E. BELL AGED 29. KILLED 10 MAY 1974
Murdered from behind at close range by IRA terrorist gunmen while on beat duty at Finaghy
Crossroads,Belfast.As the gunmen hurried to their car one of them noticed that one of the officers had
moved, so he went back to him and shot him point blank in the head. He was married with two children.
CON JOHN M. ROSS AGED 40. KILLED 10 MAY 1974
Murdered from behind at close range by IRA terrorist gunmen while on beat duty at Finaghy
Crossroads,Belfast.As the gunmen hurried to their car one of them noticed that one of the officers had
moved, so he went back to him and shot him point blank in the head.He was married with two children.(
His brother Henry, also an RUC Constable, was murdered by the IRA near Forkhill on the 17 July 1958)
CON JOHN H. FORSYTHE AGED 30. KILLED 18 JUN 1974
Murdered by an IRA terrorist bomb which was left in an entry off the High Street, Lurgan. Co Armagh.
The bomb exploded as he was ushering people away from the danger area and he took the full force of
the blast, killing him.He was married.
SGT DANIEL J. O’CONNER AGED 35. KILLED 22 JUN 1974
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, in a passing vehicle, while he was on parade duty on the Crumlin
Road, Belfast. At 1.30 pm the car had been stolen and the owner had been told not to report it stolen till
after 2pm.He was married with three children
D/INSP PETER A. FLANAGAN AGED 47. KILLED 23 AUG 1974
Murdered by PIRA terrorist gunmen who singled him out in public premises in Georges Street in Omagh,
Co Tyrone. As he lay on the floor badly wounded they kept shooting him to make sure he was dead. He
was unmarried.
INSP WILLIAM ELLIOT QPM AGED 48. KILLED 06 SEPT 1974
Murdered while attempting to arrest armed OIRA terrorist gunmen who were robbing a bank in the
Rathcoole estate in Newtownabbey, Co Antrim. He was married with one son. Awarded a (Post) Queens
Police Medal.
P/T/R/CON ARTHUR S. HENDERSON AGED 30. KILLED 08 OCT 1974
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap car bomb, while he was examining a suspect car in
Stewartstown, Co Tyrone. On opening the car door the 15lb - 20lb bomb exploded killing him instantly.
He was married with one son.
CON ROBERT W. FORDE AGED 29. KILLED 20 NOV 1974
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb which had been laid underneath a flagstone on a path
between rows of houses in Rathmore, Craigavon, Co Armagh. He was killed instantly when he stepped on
the booby trapped flagstone. He was married with two children.
CON DAVID J A. McNEICE AGED 19. KILLED 14 DEC 1974
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he and a soldier, Rifleman Michael Gibson aged 20 of the 1st Bn
Royal Green Jackets, were ambushed as they drove down a country lane leading to Killeavey between
Newry and Forkhill after visiting a farm which had been burgled. They were both in civilian clothes
.Rifleman Gibson died of his Injuries 30 Days later. He was unmarried.
SGT GEORGE COULTER AGED 43. KILLED 31 JAN 1975
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while leaving a crime scene he and a young police woman were
ambushed at the the junction of Dungannon/Donaghmore Road, Co Tyrone. Her life was saved when he
threw himself across her taking several bullets in his head. He was married with one child.
W/R /CON MILDRED A. HARRISON AGED 26. KILLED 16 MAR 1975
Murdered by a UVF canister bomb that exploded as she and a colleague, who were on foot patrol, were
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CON PAUL R. GRAY AGED 20. KILLED 10 MAY 1975
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on foot patrol on Derry’s Walls, Londonderry. He was shot twice
in the back from the rear of premises overlooking the walls. He died on the way to Altnagelvin hospital He
was unmarried.
CON NOEL S. DAVIS AGED 22. KILLED 24 MAY 1975
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb which was left in a stolen vehicle in Ballinahone Road in
Maghera, Co Londonderry. On entering the car after checking all was clear, he turned the engine on and
as the car moved a booby trap bomb 15lbs - 20 lbs exploded killing him instantly. He was married.
D/CON ANDREW JOHNSTON AGED 26. KILLED 07 JUL 1975
Murdered by an INLA terrorist booby trap bomb which was left at the scene of a burglary at a school in
Sloan Street, Lurgan, Co Armagh. As he was in the act of opening a drawer the device exploded killing
him instantly. Another officer lost an arm and a leg as well as one of his eyes, The caretaker was also
seriously wounded in the explosion. He was married.
CON ROBERT J. McPHERSON AGED 25. KILLED 26 JUL 1975
Murdered by INLA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons from different positions, while he and
another officer went to investigate suspicious activity near the post office that had been called in by an
anonymous telephone call in Dungiven, Co Londonderry. He was married. Awarded a (Post) Queens
Commendation for Bravery.
D/CON DAVID S. LOVE AGED 45. KILLED 06 OCT 1975
Murdered by an IRA terrorist bomb left in a pub during an armed robbery in Terrydremmond, Limavady,
Co Londonderry. On arriving at the pub he and a colleague and the barman, who said he hadn’t seen
any bombs, entered the premises when a massive explosion occurred killing him and wounding the police
officer and barman.He was married with four children.
R/CON ALEXANDER A. BAIRD AGED 37. KILLED 14 OCT 1975
Murdered by an IRA terrorist bomb placed under a security hut at Church Street, Portadown, Co Armagh
on the 22nd September 1975. He was on duty that day with another officer and was opening the barrier
gates when the bomb exploded severely injuring both officers. He was married with two children .Two
months after his death his wife gave birth to their third child, a little boy.
R/CON JOSEPH J. CLEMENTS AGED 48. KILLED 16 NOV 1975
Murdered in an IRA terrorist Landmine explosion near Cloghfin, Co Tyrone, while answering a call that a
shed at the farm was on fire. The bomb was in a culvert and was detonated by a command wire stretching
across fields over 250 yards away. He was married with two children.
R/CON SAMUEL J. CLARKE AGED 53. KILLED 25 NOV 1975
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gun attack at Clonavaddy, Dungannon, Co Tyrone. They were asked by the
Garda Siochana to deliver a death message to a family that a relative had died. The message was a hoax
and they were ambushed with automatic weapons as they turned into a narrow lane. He was married with
three children.
SGT PATRICK MAXWELL AGED 34. KILLED 25 NOV 1975
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gun attack at Clonavaddy, Dungannon, Co Tyrone. They were asked by the
Garda Siochana to deliver a death message to a family that a relative had died. The message was a hoax
and they were ambushed with automatic weapons as they turned into a narrow lane. He was married with
five children.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM J. C. EVANS AGED 30. KILLED 05 JAN 1976
Murdered while on mobile patrol when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen between Toomebridge/
Castledawson, Co. Londonderry. There had been an attempt on his life three years earlier at his home. He
was married.
INSP GEORGE M. BELL AGED 54. KILLED 22 JAN 1976
Murdered by a IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb hidden in a shotgun which exploded while they were
examining it back at the Donegal Pass RUC Station, Belfast. He was married with two sons and a daughter.
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George Cross D/CON NEVILLE CUMMINGS AGED 37. KILLED 22 JAN 1976
Murdered by a IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb hidden in a shotgun which exploded while they were
examining it back at the Donegal Pass RUC Station, Belfast. He was married with two sons and a daughter.
SGT JAMES W. BLAKELY AGED 42. KILLED 06 FEB 1976
Murdered from behind by PIRA terrorist gunmen while on foot patrol with Inspector Murtagh in
Cliftonville Circus, Belfast. Two youths walked up behind them pulled out guns and shot them both in the
back and in the head. He died at the scene married with three children. His colleague died the following
day.
INSP WILLIAM H. MURTAGH AGED 31. KILLED 07 FEB 1976
Murdered from behind by PIRA terrorist gunmen while on foot patrol with Sgt Blakely in Cliftonville
Circus,Belfast. Two youths walked up behind them, pulled out guns and shot them both in the back and
in the head ,causing fatal injuries to him in a gun attack near Cliftonville Circus, Belfast. He died the
following day. He was married.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM G. V. HAMER AGED 30. KILLED 12 FEB 1976
Murdered while on foot patrol with another officer when they were ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen in
the main street in the village of Claudy, Co. Londonderry. The other officer injured in the attack had his
leg amputated. He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM R. CROOKS AGED 30. KILLED 23 APR 1976
Murdered while on mobile patrol when ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen at the Dernagh Crossroads,
Coalisland, Co Tyrone. He was married with two children.
R/CON THOMAS H. EVANS AGED 33. KILLED 15 MAY 1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb, along with two of his colleagues, whilst examining a crime
scene in a field close to the border with the South of Ireland, near to the Belcoo RUC Police Station, Co.
Fermanagh. He was married with two children.
R/CON FRANCIS J. KETTLES AGED 39. KILLED 15 MAY 1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb, along with two of his colleagues, whilst examining a crime
scene in a field close to the border with the South of Ireland, near to the Belcoo RUC Police Station, Co.
Fermanagh. He was married with two children
SGT HENRY F. KEYS AGED 29. KILLED 15 MAY 1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb, along with two of his colleagues, whilst examining a crime
scene in a field close to the border with the South of Ireland, near to the Belcoo RUC Police Station, Co.
Fermanagh. He was married with two children
SGT JAMES HUNTER AGED 33. KILLED 15 MAY 1976
Murdered while on mobile patrol with other officers when they were ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen
at the main road Newry and Warrenpoint Road, in Co. Down. Their car had been hit by over thirty
rounds. The other police officers in the car survived the attack. He was married with three children.
R/CON KENNETH D. NELSON AGED 27. KILLED 16 MAY 1976
Murdered in an IRA terrorist ambush while he was off duty at his home.He was letting his dog out of his
home at Benburb, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when the terrorists opened fire with automatic rifles. His
killers fled across fields to a waiting car to make their escape. He was unmarried.
CON JOHN W. A. McCAMBRIDGE AGED 21. KILLED 22 MAY 1976
Murdered by three IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic rifles from behind a hedge in Corrainey,
Dungannon,Co Tyrone. He had dropped his girlfriend off at her home and had arrived back at his
lodgings in a farmhouse around 10-50pm. They opened fire from a few yards away mortally wounding
him. He was unmarried.
R/CON LINDA E. BAGGLEY AGED 19. KILLED 02 JUN 1976
Shot while on foot patrol at close range on Sunday 23rd May 1976 and injured by two IRA teenage
terrorist gunmen in Chapel Road, Londonderry. She died ten days later in hospital. The police officer
who was with her survived the murder attempt but was murdered along with another officer 10 months
later. Her father, who was also in the RUC, was murdered two years earlier by IRA terrorist gunmen on
the 29 Jan 1974. She was unmarried.
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D/CON RONALD E. McADAM AGED 31. KILLED 02 JUN 1976 George Cross
He was murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was collecting friends from the outpatients department
outside the RoyalVictoria Hospital in West Belfast. He was off duty at the time of his murder. He was
unmarried.
CON THOMAS CUSH AGED 52. KILLED 31 JUL1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist sniper while on duty at a security barrier in Church Place, Lurgan, Co
Armagh. He was married with two children.
CON JAMES J. HEANEY AGED 20. KILLED 26 AUG 1976
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty. He was working on his car outside his widowed
mother’s house in Andersonstown, West Belfast, when he was approached by the terrorists who murdered
him. He was unmarried.
SGT ALBERT CRAIG AGED 33. KILLED 18 SEP 1976
Murdered by two IRA terrorist gunmen who fired automatic weapons from a car, driven by a woman
terrorist, while he was directing traffic at Shamrock Park, Portadown, Co Armagh. He was married with a
two year old son.
R/CON ARTHUR A. McKAY AGED 42. KILLED 08 OCT 1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby-trap bomb which was placed under a stolen car left in Drumsaragh
Road, Kilrea, Co. Londonderry. It exploded killing him when the car was moved. He was married with
one daughter.
D/CON NOEL M. McCABE QGM. AGED 25. KILLED 02 NOV 1976
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he sat in his car at the junction of Clonard Street and the Falls
Road, in West Belfast. He was on duty and in plain clothes when he was murdered. He was married.
R/CON JOSEPH SCOTT AGED 49. KILLED 03 DEC 1976
Murdered by an IRA teenage terrorist gunman, on a foggy day, as he was working in his civilian
employment as a traffic warden. He was showing school children across a busy road at the junction of
Circular Road/ Killyman Road, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone, when the teenage terrorist gunman stepped out
of the fog, walked up to him and shot him three times in the back at point blank range. He was married
with five children.
CON NORMAN W. H. CAMPBELL AGED 19. KILLED 15 DEC 1976
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who opened fire with automatic weapons from a passing car while he
was closing a security barrier in the High Street, Portadown, Co Armagh. His colleague who was with him
returned fire but no hits were claimed.He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON SAMUEL G. ARMOUR AGED 37. KILLED 22 DEC 1976
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb which was planted under his car which was
parked outside his home in Maghera, Co. Londonderry. It exploded as he attempted to drive off to his
work the following morning killing him instantly. He was married with three children.
R/PT/CON JAMES GREER AGED 27. KILLED 14 JAN 1977
Murdered by an IRA terrorist under-car booby trap bomb which was planted under his car which was
parked outside his home in Portglenone, Co Antrim. It exploded as he attempted to drive off to his work
the following morning killing him instantly. He was married.
D/CON PATRICK L. McNULTY AGED 30. KILLED 27 JAN 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen when they ambushed him while he was waiting for the garage to
open. He had booked in his private car to have it serviced. The terrorists were already waiting for him and
opened fire killing him instantly. He was married with two children.
R/PT/CON ROBERT J. HARRISON AGED 50. KILLED 05 FEB 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he and a colleague got into their police car after checking a shop’s
premises for an incendiary device in Gilford, Co Down. Another car pulled up alongside them with the
terrorist gunmen opening fire on the two officers killing him and seriously wounding his colleague who
later had his forearm amputated. He was married with two children.
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George Cross R/PT/CON SAMUEL McKANE AGED 33. KILLED 13 FEB 1977
Murdered by four IRA terrorist gunmen in the driveway of his home in Culcrum Road. Cloughmills, The
terrorist gunmen had lay in wait for him outside his home. As he returned from his duty in Cloughmills
RUC Police Station, Co. Antrim, they opened fire killing him He was married with one child.
INSP JAMES H. COBB AGED 38. KILLED 24 FEB 1977
Murdered by several IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed him and three other officers while they where
opening a security barrier in Church Place, Lurgan, Co. Armagh. Two other officers were injured and one
officer escaped unhurt. He was married with three children.
SGT JOSEPH P. CAMPBELL AGED 48. KILLED 25 FEB 1977
Murdered by a terrorist gunman from a passing vehicle as he was closing the gates to Cushendall RUC
Police Station, Co. Antrim.He was married with eight children.
CON WILLIAM D. BROWN QGM, AGED 18. KILLED 13 MAR 1977
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gunmen ambush on the police vehicle which he was driving at the Ballagh
Crossroads,her officers who were in the car with him . He was Awarded the Queens Gallantry Medal
(Posthumously) He was unmarried.
CON JOHN T. McCRACKEN AGED 22. KILLED 08 APR 1977
Murdered while on mobile patrol when he and another officer saw a suspicious car containing three men
in the Moneymore Road, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry. As he and a colleague approached the vehicle
the three IRA terrorist gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at close range killing him and a
colleague. He was unmarried.
CON KENNETH W. SHEEHAN AGED 19. KILLED 08 APR 1977
Murdered while on mobile patrol when he and another officer saw a suspicious car containing three men
in the Moneymore Road, Magherafelt, Co Londonderry. As he and a colleague approached the vehicle
the three IRA terrorist gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at close range killing him and a
colleague. He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON ROBERT G. NORTH AGED 52. KILLED 20 MAY 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed him while he was engaged in his civilian employment
as a school bus driver when he was fatally injured in a terrorist gun attack at Drumderg, Benburb, Co.
Tyrone. He was a widower with four children.
CON SAMUEL D. DAVISON AGED 24. KILLED 02 JUN 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on mobile patrol on the narrow country roads in the Ardboe
area, Co.Tyrone. They had stopped at the junction at Carnan Cross in the unmarked police vehicle. As
their vehicle moved away from the junction, two terrorists stepped out into the road behind the police car
and opened fire with automatic weapons. He and two colleagues were fatally wounded. He was married.
CON KENNETH N. LYNCH AGED 22. KILLED 02 JUN 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on mobile patrol on the narrow country roads in the Ardboe
area, Co.Tyrone. They had stopped at the junction at Carnan Cross in the unmarked police vehicle. As
their vehicle moved away from the junction, two terrorists stepped out into the road behind the police
car and opened fire with automatic weapons. He and his two colleagues were fatally wounded. He was
unmarried.
R/CON HUGH H. MARTIN AGED 58. KILLED 02 JUN 1977
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on mobile patrol on the narrow country roads in the Ardboe
area, Co.Tyrone. They had stopped at the junction at Carnan Cross in the unmarked police vehicle. As
their vehicle moved away from the junction, two terrorists stepped out into the road behind the police
car and opened fire with automatic weapons. He and his two colleagues were fatally wounded. He was
married with five daughters and two sons.
R/CON DAVID J. MORROW AGED 36. KILLED 06 JUL 1977
Murdered by several IRA terrorist gunmen who opened fire from a passing van at Aughnacloy, Co.
Tyrone, while he and three other officers were putting out traffic cones for the market day. He was
married with two children.
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R/PT/CON GORDON H. CROTHERS AGED 30. KILLED 17 FEB 1978 George Cross
Murdered along with his wife Joan and ten other people by IRA terrorist bombers who planted an
incendiary bomb which exploded causing a fire, which swept through the La Mon House Hotel,
Castlereagh, Co. Down. The couple’s murder left his two-and-half-year old daughter an orphan.
CON CHARLES M. SIMPSON AGED 28. KILLED 28 FEB 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with heavy automatic weapons when they ambushed the police land
rover he was driving as it was turning into Clarendon Street, Londonderry on its way to the Strand Road
Police Headquarters. He was fatally wounded and died a short time later in hospital. None of the other
officers in the vehicle were hurt. He was married with three children.
R/PT/CON JOHN W. MOORE AGED 57. KILLED 15 APR 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers when a landmine they planted behind a hedge detonated as he drove
down a narrow lane from his farm near Armoy, Co. Antrim. A fishing line had been stretched across
the narrow lane and as his car broke it the device exploded killing him and his dog instantly. He was
unmarried.
CON LAIRD M. McALLISTER AGED 36. KILLED 22 APR 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who called at his home in Lisburn, Co. Antrim, saying they were
pigeon fanciers. He was in the pigeon shed at the rear of his home where they found him. They started
chatting to him before producing a handgun and shooting him in the head and body. He was married
with two sons.
R/PT/CON ROBERT A. J. STRUTHERS AGED 19. KILLED 06 JUN 1978
Murdered by two IRA terrorist gunmen while at his civilian employment as an apprentice electrician in
an electric shop in Lorne Street, Londonderry. They walked into the shop and shot him before escaping
amongst the crowds of shoppers. He was unmarried.
CON HUGH J. McCONNELL AGED 32. KILLED 17 JUN 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic rifles who ambushed the two man mobile patrol on
the Camlough /Crossmaglen Road in South Armagh. Their car was sprayed with gunfire from automatic
weapons hitting the car at least nineteen times, killing both him and his colleague. He was married with
two children.
CON WILLIAM H. TURBITT AGED 46. KILLED 17 JUN 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic rifles who ambushed the two man mobile patrol on
the Camlough /Crossmaglen Road in South Armagh. Their car was sprayed with gunfire from automatic
weapons hitting the car at least nineteen times, killing both him and his colleague. His body was abducted
after the gun attack and was recovered three weeks later at Cullyhanna on the 09 July 1978. He was
married with four children.
R/CON JACOB RANKIN AGED 32. KILLED 04 JUL 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, from a passing car, who shot him in the back as they drove past him
and escaped across the border into County Donnegal. He died in hospital two and a half hours later. He
had just left the Castlederg RUC Station when he was shot He was married with three children.
R/PT/CON JOHN LAMONT AGED 21. KILLED 02 AUG 1978
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who opened fire from a passing car which had been hi-jacked earlier
in Toombridge. He was on foot patrol in George Street, Ballymena,Co Antrim when the car pulled up
along side him and shot him. He was single and was due to be married in the near future.
R/PT/ CON HOWARD G. DONAGHY AGE 24. KILLED 11 SEP 1978
Murdered by three IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty, as he worked at his bungalow at Loughmacrory
Road, Omagh, Co Tyrone with his brother and his girl friend .The terrorist ordered them to stand aside
then one gunman fired one shot and he fell onto the ground. As he lay on the ground wounded the three
terrorists opened fire on him from close range. He was single and due to be married to his fiancé who,
along with his brother witnessed the brutal execution style killing.
CON RICHARD A. BAIRD AGED 28. KILLED 17 APR 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who had planted half a ton of explosives in a hi-jacked transit van,
and parked it in the Millvale Road which was between Bessbook and Newry,in Co Armagh. As their Police
Land Rover, containing the four police officers, passed the transit van the explosive was detonated by
remote control killing the four PoliceOfficers instantly. He was married with two children.
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George Cross CON PAUL M. GRAY AGED 25. KILLED 17 APR 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who had planted half a ton of explosives in a hi-jacked transit van,
and parked it in the Millvale Road which was between Bessbook and Newry, in Co Armagh. As their Police
Land Rover, containing the four police officers, passed the transit van the explosive was detonated by
remote control killing the four Police Officers instantly. He was unmarried.
R/CON ROBERT A. LOCKHART AGED 44. KILLED 17 APR 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who had planted half a ton of explosives in a hi-jacked transit van,
and parked it in the Millvale Road which was between Bessbook and Newry,in Co Armagh. As their Police
Land Rover, containing the four police officers, passed the transit van the explosive was detonated by
remote control killing the four Police Officers instantly. He was married with three children.
CON NOEL A. WEBB AGED 30. KILLED 17 APR 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who had planted half a ton of explosives in a hi-jacked transit van,
and parked it in the Millvale Road which was between Bessbook and Newry, in Co Armagh. As their Police
Land Rover, containing the four police officers, passed the transit van the explosive was detonated by
remote control killing the four Police Officers instantly. He was unmarried.
D/CON NORMAN S. PRUE AGED 29. KILLED 06 MAY 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen. He was off duty as he stopped to buy a local paper, when he and
his passenger were killed in an ambush set up close to the gates of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in
Fermanagh.He was married with two children.
R/PT/CON DAVID S. WRAY AGED 50. KILLED 20 MAY 1979
Murdered by terrorist gunmen in a gun attack as he and his family had arrived to attend morning service
at Claremont Presbyterian Church, Londonderry. He was married with a 19 year old daughter and a 15
year old son who were with him when he was murdered.
R/CON DAVID A.DUNNE AGED 36. KILLED 02 JUN 1979
Murdered by terrorist gunmen as he left his home to go on duty. As he walked to his car, he stopped to
speak to a neighbour when terrorists pulled up alongside both men opening fire with automatic weapons,
killing him and his neighbour outside his home in Armagh. He was married with five children.
SUPT STANLEY HANNA AGED 47. KILLED 03 JUN 1979
Murdered by an IRA terrorist 200 lb landmine which detonated whilst they were investigating a crime
scene at Clonalig, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. He was married with three children.
CON KEVIN THOMPSON AGED 22. KILLED 03 JUN 1979
Murdered by an IRA terrorist 200lb landmine which detonated whilst they were investigating a crime
scene at Clonalig, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON JOHN H. SCOTT AGED 49. KILLED 22 JUN 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while in his civilian employment as a milk tanker driver. He was found
dead in his lorry slumped over the wheel he had been shot in the head and body with an automatic rifle at
Ardboe, Coagh. He was married with nine children.
CON GEORGE S. WALSH AGED 50. KILLED 31 JUL 1979
Murdered by INLA terrorist gunmen whilst sat in a car in civilian clothes outside the Armagh Courthouse
in Armagh waiting for a colleague . He was married with one daughter.
CON DEREK K. DAVIDSON AGED 26. KILLED 02 AUG 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen whilst he and colleagues were investigating a call to police about a
burglary in Clondara Street, Falls Road,West Belfast (the call was a hoax). His colleagues returned fire but
the terrorist gunmen escaped. He was married with one daughter.
CON JOHN G. DAVIDSON AGED 26. KILLED 18 N0V 1979
Seriously wounded by IRA terrorist gunmen on the 28 October 1979 who ambushed his police land
rover as it was leaving Springfield Road RUC Police Station in West Belfast. He was put on a life support
machine but did not recover. He was married with two children. A soldier was also killed in the same
ambush, WO2 David Bellamy APTC.
R/CON STANLEY O. HAZELTON AGED 52. KILLED 22 DEC 1979
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen.He was off duty and collecting the family turkey for his family across
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the border in County Monaghan. He was ambushed on a narrow country lane near Annacatty, Glasslough, George Cross
Co.Monaghan. His car was hit at least twenty times . He was married with one son.
R/PT/CON ROBERT J. CRILLY AGED 60. KILLED 03 JAN 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty working in his garage in Newtownbutler, Co.
Fermanagh.Terrorist gunmen ran into his garage firing twelve rounds into him at close range. A twelve
year old boy was in the garage with him when he was murdered. He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM D. PURSE AGED 43. KILLED 12 JAN 1980
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman, while on crowd control duty, in a gun attack at Seaview Football
Club, Shore Road, Belfast. He was married with three children.
CON WINSTON J. F. HOWE AGED 35. KILLED 11 FEB 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who ambushed a two vehicle land rover patrol. As the second land
rover was passing over a culvert on the Lisnaskea Road ,Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, an 88Ib land mine was
detonated killing him and his colleague. He was married with two sons.
CON JOSEPH ROSE AGED 21. KILLED 11 FEB 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist bombers who ambushed a two vehicle land rover patrol. As the second land
rover was passing over a culvert on the Lisnaskea Road ,Rosslea, Co Fermanagh, an 88Ib land mine was
detonated killing him and a colleague. He was unmarried.
R/CON BERNARD MONTGOMERY AGED 33. KILLED 04 APR 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty at his place of work in Ligoneil, Belfast. They had asked
for him by name then murdered him by shooting him in the back. He was married with one son. His
second son was born 8 months after his murder.
CON WILLIAM S.G. MAGILL AGED 24. KILLED 09 APR 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed officers while they were attending a crime scene on
the Stewartstown Road, Belfast. An M60 American machine gun was used in the killing from a property
overlooking the alleged crime scene. He was married.
R/PT/CON FRED V. WILSON AGED 43. KILLED 11 APR 1980
Murdered by PIRA terrorist gunmen as he arrived at his civilian employment in Franklyn Street, Belfast.
A motor bike, with two terrorists, rode right up to him, shooting him in cold blood. He was married with
two children.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM W. ALLEN AGED 35. KILLED 01 SEP 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorists as he drove his milk lorry in the Newtownhamilton area. His body was then
abducted and was recovered 12 days later. He was married with two children.
R/CON THOMAS H.E. JOHNSTON AGED 36. KILLED 22 SEP 1980
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed him as he was about to open his garage door at his
home at Lisrace, Magheraveely, Co.Fermanagh. He was married with two children.
R/PT/CON LINDSAY G. McDOUGALL AGED 36. KILLED 14 JAN 1981
Murdered in an INLA terrorist gun attack on the 9th January 1981 while on foot patrol. He and a
colleague were checking a suspect car in Great Victoria Street, Belfast. He died of his wounds . He was
married with three sons.
R/CON JAMES M. STRONGE AGED 48. KILLED 21 JAN 1981
Murdered by a gang of 12 IRA terrorist gunmen in a gun attack at his home. His father, Sir Charles N.
L. Stronge PC,MC.JP, was also murdered with his son. The terrorists then set fire to their home, Tynan
Abbey, Co Armagh.
R/CON CHARLES W. LEWIS AGED 38. KILLED 06 FEB 1981
Murdered while leaving a newsagents when he and a colleague were ambushed by IRA terrorist gunmen
in Balmoral Avenue, Belfast. His colleague was seriously wounded but survived the terrorist ambush. He
was married with two children.
R/PT/CON ALEXANDER SCOTT AGED 36. KILLED 08 FEB 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was closing his wife’s shop in My Lady’s Road, Belfast. He had
his 12 year old daughter with him when they murdered him by shooting him in the back and head with
handguns, in cold blood at point blank range. He was married with one child.
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George Cross CON KENNETH J. ACHESON AGED 23. KILLED 02 APR 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted an under-car booby trap device which exploded under his
private car at Berrywilligan Road, Bessbrook, as he was driving home from his duty. He was married with
one child.
CON GARY D. MARTIN AGED 28. KILLED 27 APR 1981
Murdered by INLA terrorists who had planted a booby trap bomb under a lorry. While checking the
suspect lorry in Shaw’s Road, Belfast, it exploded killing him and wounding three of his colleagues. He
was married with two children.
CON PHILIP C. ELLIS AGED 33. KILLED 06 MAY 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with a high powered rifle in a gun attack at Edlingham Street and
Duncairn Gardens,Belfast. He was on duty. He was a Scotsman from Kincardine Fife,Scotland, who had
served in the army before joining the RUC. He was married to a local girl and had five children.
CON SAMUEL VALLELY AGED 23. KILLED 14 MAY 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists who ambushed his vehicle while on mobile patrol in the Upper Springfield
Road area of Belfast, with an (RPG) Rocket Propelled Grenade, which penetrated the armour plating of
the police land rover killing him and seriously wounding one other police officer. He was married with
one child. His widow gave birth to their second child a boy, six months after his death.
CON MERVYN B. ROBINSON AGED 47. KILLED 28 MAY 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty. He was getting into his car outside the Wayside Inn,
Whitecross in Co.Armagh, on the 27th May 1981.The terrorist killers opened fire from a car which drove
past him hitting him in the head and chest. He died in in the Daisey Hill Hospital in Newry of his injuries
the following day. He was married with three daughters.
R/CON COLIN P. DUNLOP AGED 30. KILLED 31 MAY 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while he was on security duty at the intensive care unit in the Royal
Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was married with four young children.
R/PT/CON CHRISTOPHER KYLE AGED 23. KILLED 17 JUN 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was returning from his work in a garage. They ambushed him
as he drove into the laneway of his home in Mullaghslin,Omagh, Co Tyrone. He was off duty when he was
murdered. He was unmarried.
CON NEAL QUINN AGED 53. KILLED 20 JUN 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in a public bar in North Street, Newry, Co. Down. He had only
been in the bar about five minutes when he was murdered. He had served 30 years in the RUC. He was
married with three children.
CON JOHN SMYTH AGED 34. KILLED 02 AUG 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists, while he and a colleague were on mobile patrol, by a landmine placed in a
culvert near Loughmacrory, Omagh, Co Tyrone. It was detonated by a command wire as his vehicle drove
over the culvert. He was married with three young children.
CON ANDREW A. WOODS AGED 50. KILLED 02 AUG 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists, while he and a colleague were on mobile patrol, by a landmine placed in a
culvert near Loughmacrory, Omagh. Co Tyrone. It was detonated by a command wire as his vehicle drove
over the culvert.He was married with six children.
CON WILLIAM M. EVANS AGED 20. KILLED 07 SEP 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists while on mobile patrol when a 1000lb landmine hidden in a culvert was
detonated by a command wire 350 yards away exploding under there armoured police vehicle in
Pomeroy, Co Tyrone. The explosion left a crater fifty feet wide and fifty feet deep. He was unmarried.
CON STUART J. MONTGOMERY AGED 18. KILLED 07 SEP 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists while on mobile patrol when a 1000lb landmine hidden in a culvert was
detonated by a command wire 350 yards , away exploding under their armoured police vehicle in
Pomeroy, Co Tyrone.The explosion left a crater fifty feet wide and fifty feet deep. He was unmarried.
R/CON JOHN PROCTOR AGED 25. KILLED 14 SEP 1981
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman. He was visiting his wife who had just given birth four days earlier
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in the Mid Ulster Hospital, Magherafelt. Co Londonderry. He was murdered when he returned to his car George Cross
in the hospital car park. He was married with two sons .
CON GEORGE A. STEWART AGED 34. KILLED 26 SEP 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist hooded gunmen in a gun attack at his fiancee’s licensed premises in Main
Street, Killough, Co Down.He was off duty and in civilian clothes when they murdered him. He had
escaped death by terrorists on two previous occasions. He was unmarried.
CON ALEXANDER BECK AGED 37. KILLED 28 SEP 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists while on mobile patrol and driving a police land rover on the Suffolk Road,
Belfast. His vehicle slowed down to cross a ramp when it was hit on the driver’s side by a rocket propelled
grenade . He had served 14 years in the British Army prior to joining the RUC. He was married with two
children.
R/CON SILAS W. LYTTLE AGED 59. KILLED 17 NOV 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty. He had just finished work at his shop and had walked
the short distance home when he was ambushed and fatally wounded as he opened the front gate of his
home at the Grange, Ballygawley. Co.Tyrone, on the 18th September 1981.He died of his injuries in the
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was married with one child.
CON WILLIAM COULTER AGED 23. KILLED 28 NOV 1981
Murdered by IRA terrorists, while on foot patrol, by a terrorist booby trap bomb hidden behind a
corrugated fence at the junction of Upper North Street and Peter’s Hill in the Unity Flats area of West
Belfast. He was married and his son was born three weeks after his murder.
INSP NORMAN DUDDY AGED 45. KILLED 28 MAR 1982
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gun attack. He and his two sons had attended morning service at Strand
Road Presbyterian Church, Londonderry. As they were getting into their car a terrorist on a motorbike
approached him shooting him from close range. He was married with two children.
SGT DAVID BROWN AGED 35. KILLED 16 APR 1982
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in gun attack at Springfield Crescent, Belfast, on the 30th March
1982. He was in his own car, going to collect a station cleaner. He was fatally wounded in the ambush and
died in the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast. He was married with two children.
CON SAMUEL A. V. CASKEY AGED 21. KILLED 04 MAY 1982
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gun attack at the Diamond, Londonderry. While on foot patrol, with a
woman colleague who was unarmed, a van pulled up along side them. Three terrorist gunmen jumped
from the van opening fire. He died at the scene. She survived the gun attack with serious injuries to her
back and leg. He was unmarried.
D/CON DAVID R. REEVES AGED 24. KILLED 11 JUN 1982
Murdered by an IRA terrorist booby trap bomb left at a crime scene in a house in the Shantallow Estate,
Londonderry. He was examining a television set ,believed stolen, when it exploded killing him. He was
unmarried.
R/CON JOHN EAGLESON AGED 49. KILLED 01 OCT 1982
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in an ambush while riding his motor cycle to his civilian employment
in the Upper Kildress Road in Cookstown. He was found lying in the road looking as if he had been
involved in a road traffic accident.Passers by found him in the road. Three shot gun cartridges were found
at the scene. He was married with three children.
R/CON CHARLES CROTHERS AGED 54. KILLED 05 OCT 1982
Murdered in an IRA terrorist gun attack at his civilian employment as a security officer at the DOE in
Belt Road, Altnagelvin, Londonderry. As he opened the security gate to let a car in, two terrorist gunmen
emerged from the car opening fire on him. One terrorist then stood over his body and fired several more
shots into his body. He was married with four children.
SGT JOHN QUINN AGED 37. KILLED 27 OCT 1982
Murdered by an IRA terrorist 1000lb bomb which was detonated by a command wire as their police
vehicle was passing along the Kinnego Embankment in Lurgan. Two other officers were also killed when
the police vehicle was blown thirty five yards into a field leaving a crater 60ft wide and 40ft deep. He was
married with three children.
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George Cross CON PAUL HAMILTON AGED 26. KILLED 27 OCT 1982
Murdered by an IRA terrorist 1000lb bomb which was detonated by a command wire as their police
vehicle was passing along the Kinnego Embankment in Lurgan. Two other officers were also killed when
the police vehicle was blown thirty five yards into a field leaving a crater 60ft wide and 40ft deep. He had
been married one month at the time of his murder.
CON ALLAN McCLOY AGED 34. KILLED 27 OCT 1982
Murdered by an IRA terrorist 1000lb bomb which was detonated by a command wire as their police
vehicle was passing along the Kinnego Embankment in Lurgan. Two other officers were also killed when
the police vehicle was blown thirty five yards into a field leaving a crater 60ft wide and 40ft deep. He was
married with two children.
D/CON G. M. EWING AGED 31. KILLED 09 NOV 1982
Murdered by IRA terrorists while he was off duty. He was fatally wounded when a terrorist booby trap
bomb exploded under his car as he drove away from the Lakeland Forum, Enniskillen. A family friend
Miss Emily Woodhouse, who was in the car with him, died on the way to hospital. He was married with
two children.
R/CON SAMUEL R. S. CORKEY AGED 41. KILLED 16 NOV 1982
Murdered by INLA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who opened fire on him and a colleague
from a car which had approached them while they were manning the town’s security checkpoint in Newry
Street, Markethill, Co Armagh. Fifty rounds were fired at the officers killing them instantly. He was
married with three children.
R/CON RONALD IRWIN AGED 24. KILLED 16 NOV 1982
Murdered by INLA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who opened fire on him and a colleague
from a car which had approached them while they were manning the towns security checkpoint in Newry
Street, Markethill, Co Armagh. Fifty rounds were fired at the officers killing them instantly. He was
married with two children.
SGT ERIC BROWN AGED 41. KILLED 06 JAN 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in an IRA gun attack on him and his colleagues when they
approached a suspicious vehicle, with three men on board, in the Square in Rostrevor. Co Down. One
officer got out of the police vehicle with the intention of checking the men out, when the gunmen opened
fire on him and his colleagues. A third officer was also wounded and survived the attack. The two other
officers were dead on arrival at the Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. He was married with three children.
R/CON BRIAN A. QUINN AGED 23. KILLED 06 JAN 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in an IRA gun attack on him and his colleagues when they
approached a suspicious vehicle, with three men on board, in the Square in Rostrevor, Co Down. One
officer got out of the police vehicle with the intention of checking the men out, when the gunmen opened
fire on him and his colleagues. A third officer was also wounded and survived the attack .The two other
officers were dead on arrival at the Daisy Hill Hospital in Newry. He was unmarried.
R/PT/CON JOHN R. OLPHERT AGED 39. KILLED 18 JAN 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who entered his post office shop at Sperrin Park, Londonderry. He
was shot and died in his wife’s arms. He was married with two children.
R/CON WILLIAM E. MAGILL AGED 20. KILLED 20 FEB 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in a gun attack as he left Warrenpoint RUC Station, Co Down. He
intended going to the grocery shop around the corner. The terrorists chased him back around the corner
while firing at both him and the Police Station. They also threw a grenade at the Station,as well as firing 73
rounds. Reserve Constable Magill was shot thirteen times. He was unmarried.
SGT WILLIAM G. WILSON AGED 29. KILLED 21 FEB 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a bomb in a derelict building at Lower English Street, Armagh.
He was covering his colleagues, while they went into the chip shop, when the device was detonated by
remote control killing him instantly. He was married with a baby six weeks old.
CON THOMAS L. A. McCORMACK AGED 49. KILLED 02 MAR 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in a gun attack while he was on foot patrol outside a primary school
on Serpentine Road, Belfast. Two terrorists approached him and shot him killing him instantly. As they
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made their escape, one of the terrorists came back ,stood over the fallen officer and shot him five more George Cross
times in his head. He was married with one son.
R/PT/CON FREDERICK T. MORTON AGED 59. KILLED 15 MAR 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, with automatic weapons, shooting from a vehicle while overtaking
him as he was driving his bread van on the Tandragee Road near Newry. He was married with two
children.
CON GERALD CATHCART AGED 49. KILLED 16 MAY 1983
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman who ran up to him as he parked his car after coming off duty. He
was shot five times, at point blank range, near his home in Linkview Park, Belfast. He was married with
two children. His daughter was with him and at their front door when he was murdered.
R/CON COLIN H. A. CARSON AGED 31. KILLED 26 MAY 1983
Murdered by INLA terrorist gunmen, with automatic rifles, while on barrier duty near to Cookstown RUC
station in Molesworth Road, Cookstown. Co Tyrone. He was hit by automatic gunfire from a van he was
going to check. He was married with two children.
CON JOHN K. WASSON AGED 61. KILLED 07 SEP 1983
Murdered by three INLA terrorist gunmen who had kept a neighbouring family hostage while they waited
for him to return home in Cathedral Road, Armagh When he returned home they came out of hiding and
murdered him. They escaped in the neighbour’s car. He was married with five children.
R/PT/CON JAMES FERGUSON AGED 53. KILLED 06 OCT 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, while on foot patrol with a colleague, in a gun attack at the
Meadowlands Estate, Downpatrick, Co Down. He was married with three children.
R/CON WILLIAM T. FINLAY AGED 55. KILLED 06 OCT 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, while on foot patrol with a colleague, in a gun attack at Meadowlands
Estate, Downpatrick, Co Down.He was married with three children.
CON JOHN R. N. HALLAWELL AGED 35. KILLED 28 OCT 1983
Murdered by four IRA terrorist gunmen as he got into his car after meeting a local community worker
at his home in Sheelin Park, Shantallow, Londonderry, to arrange a young peoples disco.As he left the
community worker’s home, after 30 minutes, he was shot a number of times by the four terrorist gunmen.
He was married with three children . (He was one of the Community Relations Officers for Londonderry
City).
SGT STEPHEN A. N. FYFE AGED 28. KILLED 04 NOV 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a bomb hidden behind a ceiling panel at the Ulster Polytechnic,
Jordanstown, where the officers would be attending a HNC Course. The bomb exploded fatally wounding
him and another officer as he attended the lecture.(He died of his wounds that night).He was married
with one child.
INSP JOHN B. MARTIN AGED 28. KILLED 04 NOV 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a bomb hidden behind a ceiling panel at the Ulster Polytechnic,
Jordanstown, where the officers would be attending a HNC Course. The bomb exploded killing him
instantly and Fatally wounding two other officers. He was married with one child.
SGT WILLIAM R. McDONALD AGED 29. KILLED 04 NOV 1983
Critically injured by IRA terrorists who planted a bomb hidden behind a ceiling panel at the Ulster
Polytechnic, Jordanstown, where the officers would be attending a HNC Course. He was married with two
children. He died of his injuries 9 months later on the 12 AUG 1984.
R/CON JOHN McFADDEN AGED 55. KILLED 05 NOV 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed him in the driveway of his home in Rasharkin. Getting
out of his car, he was fatally wounded . He was married.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM J. FITZPATRICK AGED 46. KILLED 10 NOV 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was working in his kitchen at his home near Kilkeel, Co Down.
The terrorist gunmen fired through his kitchen window killing him instantly. He was unmarried.
CON PAUL G. M. CLARKE AGED 29. KILLED 12 N0V 1983
Murdered by IRA terrorists in a mortar attack on Carrickmore RUC Station, Co Tyrone. Six other police
officers were injured in the terrorist attack. He was married with three young children.
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George Cross R/CON WILLIAM R. FULLERTON AGED 48. KILLED 10 JAN 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was driving home from his duty at Warren Point RUC Station.
He was ambushed by terrorists, from a stolen car, at the Greenbank Roundabout outside Newry. He was
married with two sons.
CON THOMAS J. BINGHAM AGED 29. KILLED 31 JAN 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorists who detonated a 1000lb landmine by a command wire, under an unmarked
police car he and his colleague were travelling in on the Newry/Forkhill Road, Co Armagh. He was due to
be married eighteen days later
SGT WILLIAM R. SAVAGE AGED 27. KILLED 31 JAN 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorists who detonated a 1000lb landmine by a command, wire under an unmarked
police car he and his colleague were travelling in on the Newry/Forkhill Road, Co Amagh. He was
unmarried.
CON MICHAEL W. DAWSON AGED 23. KILLED 12 APR 1984
Murdered by a loyalist booby trap bomb in a holdall, found in a garden at University Street, Belfast. While
he was talking to the householder the holdall exploded and he died later in hospital. The householder, a
52 year old catholic woman with eight children , also died in the blast. He was married.
R/CON TREVOR G. ELLIOTT AGED 29. KILLED 18 APR 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorists when they detonated a 1000lb landmine by a command wire under their
police car as he and his colleague were travelling on Aghmakane,Camlough/Crossmaglen Road,Co
Armagh. He was killed instantly. He was married with three children.
CON WILLIAM N. GRAY AGED 25. KILLED 19 MAY 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorists when they detonated a 1000lb landmine by a command wire under their
police car as he and his colleague were travelling on Aghmakane Camlough/Crossmaglen Road,.Co
Armagh. He died of his injuries in hospital on the 19 May1984.His colleague died at the scene of the
explosion. He was unmarried.
CON MICHAEL W. TODD QGM, AGED 22. KILLED 15 JUN 1984
Murdered by an INLA terrorist during an arrest and planned search operation. He was fatally wounded
by an INLA gunman as he and another officer went into one of the rooms, he was hit by gunfire from an
AK47.Two other officers were injured at the flat in Lenadoon Avenue, Belfast. He was unmarried.
SGT MALCOLM A. WHITE BSc. AGED 26. KILLED 12 AUG 1984
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a landmine on the Crocknaboy/Greencastle Road, Co Tyrone. It
was detonated, as the police car he was in, drove over it. He was fatally injured and died the next day in
hospital. His colleague was seriously injured. He was married.
SGT WILLIAM R. McDONALD AGED 29. KILLED 12 AUG 1984
Died as a result of his injuries sustained in an IRA terrorist bomb attack at the Ulster Polytechnic on the
4th Nov 1983. Two other officers also died in this attack.
SGT JOHN F.G. MURPHY AGED 30. KILLED 21 FEB 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen. As a member of the Community Relations Branch of the RUC. he
had just returned a bus load of teachers and15 children to a primary school five miles from Armagh. As he
was leaving the school in the mini bus it was raked by automatic gunfire, killing him instantly. The terrorist
killers had tied up the owner of a house near the school and took his van to carry out their evil act of
murder. He was married with three children.
NINE POLICE OFFICERS MURDERED BY IRA TERRORISTS IN A MORTAR BOMB ATTACK ON
RUC POLICE STATION IN NEWRY.CO.DOWN AT 6.32 PM ON THURSDAY 28TH FEBRUARY 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorists when they launched a mortar attack without warning on the Newry RUC
Station. Co Down. Seven male and two female police officers were killed instantly. Twenty-five civilians and
twelve officers were injured in this terrorist mortar attack. All those who died were having their evening
meal in the portable wooden canteen. The terrorists had earlier hijacked a lorry in Crossmaglen, South
Armagh, where alterations had been made to the lorry so it could carry nine mortar tubes. It was driven
to Newry. and parked in Monaghan Street approximately sixty metres from the RUC Police Station. Nine
mortars were fired. Two failed to detonate . Six exploded outside the perimeter wall of the police station.
The ninth landed inside the station wall on top of the police canteen where the police officers were eating
their evening meal.
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R/CON GEOFFREY K. CAMPBELL AGED 24. He was married
C/INSP ALEXANDER DONALDSON AGED 41. He was married with three young children.
SGT JOHN T. DOWD AGED 31. He was married. His wife was also in the RUC.GC
CON IVY W. KELLY AGED 29. She was married. Her husband was also in the RUC.GC
R/CON PAUL H. McFERRAN AGED 33. He was unmarried.
CON ROSEMARY E. McGOOKIN AGED 27. She was married.
R/CON SEAN B. McHENRY AGED 19. He was unmarried.
R/CON DENIS A. PRICE AGED 22. She was married.
CON DAVID P. TOPPING AGED 22. He was unmarried.
SGT HUGH B. McCORMAC AGED 40. KILLED 03 MAR 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he arrived with his family for morning mass at St Gabriels
Monastery, Enniskillen. He had got out of his car and was locking the car door when the terrorists opened
fire at him. He collapsed to the ground wounded. A terrorist gunman ran over to him and at point blank
range fired a number of rounds into his body. He was married with three children. His brother was also a
Sgt in the RUC at the time of his brutal murder.
R/PT/CON JOHN W. J. BELL AGED 34. KILLED 29 MAR 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while off duty and working in the garage at the rear of his own petrol
station in Rathfriland,Co Down. Two terrorist gunmen went into the back of the garage where he was
working and shot him in the back of his head and body at close range. He was married with two children.
R/CON MICHAEL K. KAY AGED 38. KILLED 03 APR 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a radio controlled device in a car outside Newry Courthouse, Co
Down.As he dismounted from the police land rover, to give cover to other police officers who were doing
security checks before commencement of the Court, the device was detonated killing him and the civilian
caretaker. He was married with one child.
CON RONALD D. J. BAIRD AGED 22. KILLED 20 MAY 1985
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who had planted a 1000lb bomb in a trailer near to Killeen Customs Post
on the border of Northern and Southern Ireland. Two armoured police cars were there to take over from
the Gardi escort of a security van and escort it to it’s destination in Northern Ireland. As the RUC vehicles
took up their positions ready for a change over, the 1000lb bomb in the trailer exploded. It completely
destroyed one of the RUC Armoured police cars killing the four officers inside.He was unmarried.
CON TRACY E. DOAK AGED 21. KILLED 20 MAY 1985
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who had planted a 1000lb bomb in a trailer near to Killeen Customs Post
on the border of Northern and Southern Ireland. Two armoured police cars were there to take over from
the Gardi escort of a security van and escort it to it’s destination in Northern Ireland. As the RUC vehicles
took up their positions ready for a change over, the 1000lb bomb in the trailer exploded. It completely
destroyed one of the RUC Armoured police cars killing the four officers inside. She was unmarried.
R/CON STEVEN G. RODGERS AGED 19. KILLED 20 MAY 1985
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who had planted a 1000lb bomb in a trailer near to Killeen Customs Post
on the border of Northern and Southern Ireland. Two armoured police cars were there to take over from
the Gardi escort of a security van and escort it to it’s destination in Northern Ireland. As the RUC vehicles
took up their positions ready for a change over, the 1000lb bomb in the trailer exploded. It completely
destroyed one of the RUC Armoured police cars killing the four officers inside. He was unmarried.
INSP WILLIAM J. WILSON AGED 28. KILLED 20 MAY 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorists , who had planted a 1000lb bomb in a trailer near to Killeen Customs Post on
the border of Northern and Southern Ireland. Two armoured police cars were there to take over from
the Gardi escort of a security van and escort it to it’s destination in Northern Ireland. As the RUC vehicles
took up their positions ready for a change over, the 1000lb bomb in the trailer exploded. It completely
destroyed one of the RUC Armoured police cars killing the four officers inside. He was married with two
children.
R/PT/CON WILLIAM A. AGNEW AGED 53. KILLED 16 JUN 1985
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman while he was off duty and sitting in his car with his fiancee outside
her home in Kilrea, Co Londonderry The car door was yanked open by a terrorist wearing a balaclava
who shot him once, raced around to the driver’s door and shot him again before running off. He was a
widower, a farmer. Another farmer from the area was later convicted of his murder.
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George Cross CON R. GILLILAND AGED 39. KILLED 18 JUN 1985
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who planted and detonated a massive 1000lb bomb under the unmarked
police car he and a colleague were driving, about a mile from the village of Kinawely, Co Fermanagh.Both
men were taken to the Erne Hospital. He died on the operating table while surgeons battled to save him.
He was married with two children. His colleague survived.
INSP PATRICK M. VANCE AGED 33. KILLED 31 AUG 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he arrived at his home after playing a round of golf at Downpatrick
Golf Club. Two terrorist gunmen were lying in wait for him and opened fire mortally wounding him. He
was married with three young sons aged fourteen, eleven and six.
CON DAVID HANSON AGED 24. KILLED 15 NOV 1985
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a device on the side of the Castleblayney Road, Crosmaglen, Co
Armagh, near the Armagh and Monaghan border. He and a colleague were on a joint RUC/Army foot
patrol when the device exploded. His colleague survived. He was unmarried .
R/CON WILLIAM J. CLEMENTS AGED 52. KILLED 07 DEC 1985
Murdered by several IRA terrorist gunmen when he was being let out through the gate of Ballygawley
Police Station,Co Tyrone, at 6.55pm on a Saturday evening by Constable George Gilliland. Suddenly
terrorist gunmen stepped out of the shadows and opened fire on the two officers, fatally wounding both
of them. One officer died instantly, the other later in hospital. They then planted a beer keg filled with a
100lbs of explosive which exploded shortly after. He was married with five children.
CON GEORGE GILLILAND AGED 34. KILLED 07 DEC 1985
Murdered by several IRA terrorist gunmen when he opened the gate of Ballygawley Police Station,Co
Tyrone, at 6.55pm on a Saturday evening to let out R/Constable William Clements. Suddenly terrorist
gunmen stepped out of the shadows and opened fire on the two officers, fatally wounding both of them.
One died instantly, the other later in hospital. They then planted a beer keg filled with a 100lbs of
explosive which exploded shortly after. He was married with three children.
CON JAMES McCANDLESS AGED 38. KILLED 01 JAN 1986
At one minute past midnight two RUC officers were murdered by IRA terrorists who had planted a
remote controlled bomb in a litter bin in Ogle Street in Armagh City. As two officers ,of a three man foot
patrol walked by the litter bin, the device was detonated by remote control from a house by the terrorists
who had previously taken over the home taking the family hostage at 7pm on New Year’s Eve. Both
Officers were killed Instantly .The third police officer was unhurt. He was married with two children.
R/CON MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS AGED 24. KILLED 01 JAN 1986
At one minute past midnight two RUC officers were murdered by IRA terrorists who had planted a
remote controlled bomb in a litter bin in Ogle Street in Armagh City. As two officers of a three man foot
patrol walked by the litter bin, the device was detonated by remote control from a house by the terrorists
who had previously taken over the home taking the family hostage at 7pm on New Year’ Eve. Both
Officers were killed Instantly .The third police officer was unhurt. He was married.
D/CON DEREK G. BREEN AGED 29. KILLED 11 FEB 1986
Murdered by an IRA terrorist while he was on his way home from his duty at Lisnaskea RUC Station,Co
Fermanagh. He went into a public house for a drink and called his wife to say he was on his way home.
Three masked terrorist gunmen burst into the pub firing a burst of gunfire into the bar killing him and
the barman, Mr. John McCabe. They then left a bomb in the bar, which exploded 40 minutes later. Both
bodies were recovered before the bomb exploded. He was married with one child.
INSP JAMES HAZLETT BEM. AGED 54. KILLED 23 APR 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen.He had just left his home in Newcastle, Co Down, with his pet dog,
when the terrorists opened fire from a wooded area opposite his home with automatic weapons. As he lay
on the ground wounded the terrorists ran over to his body and shot him in the head at point blank range.
He was married with four children.
CON DAVID L. McBRIDE AGED 27. KILLED 22 MAY 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted and detonated a landmine in the Crossmaglen area of South
Armagh.He and a colleague were part of a joint eight man Army/RUC Police foot patrol when a landmine
exploded as the patrol crossed a ditch between two fields. He and a colleague were killed instantly. Major
Andrew French, Royal Anglian Regiment, was also killed. He was unmarried.
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CON WILLIAM L. SMYTH AGED 24. KILLED 22 MAY 1986 George Cross
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted and detonated a landmine in the Crossmaglen area of South
Armagh.He and a colleague were part of an eight man joint Army/RUC Police foot patrol when a
landmine exploded as the patrol crossed a ditch between two fields. He and a colleague were killed
instantly. Major Andrew French, Royal Anglian Regiment, was also killed.He was unmarried.
A/CON JOHN W. McVITTY AGED 46. KILLED 08 JUL 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while he was working along with his twelve year old son who was
helping him to cut rushes on a farm in Drumady, near the town of Rosslea, Co. Fermanagh. The two IRA
terrorist gunmen approached him and shot him in front of his son at point blank-range. They escaped
over the border which was only 400 yards away. He was married with three children.
CON THEOPHILEUS W. C. ALLEN AGED 37. KILLED 26 JUL 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen wearing white butcher coats. They walked up to the stationary police
car in Marcus Square, Newry, Co Down. They opened fire on the three officers in the car, fatally wounding
all three. Before leaving the scene they tossed a hand grenade into the car, which failed to explode. He was
married with two children.
CON CHRISTOPER K. BLACKBOURNE AGED19. KILLED 26 JUL 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen wearing white butcher coats. They walked up to the stationary police
car in Marcus Square, Newry, Co Down. They opened fire on the three officers in the car, fatally wounding
all three. Before leaving the scene they tossed a hand grenade into the car, which failed to explode. He was
unmarried.
SGT PETER J. KILPATRICK AGED 27. KILLED 26 JUL 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen wearing white butcher coats. They walked up to the stationary police
car in Marcus Square, Newry, Co Down. They opened fire on the three officers in the car, fatally wounding
all three. Before leaving the scene they tossed a hand grenade into the car, which failed to explode. He was
married with one child.
R/CON DESMOND J. DOBBIN AGED 42. KILLED 12 OCT 1986
Murdered by IRA terrorists who launched a mortar attack on the 11th October 1986 from the
Ballymurphy Estate. It exploded above him, while he was walking from a fortified sanger in the New
Barnsley Police Station, fatally wounding him.He died the following day in hospital. He was married with
two children.
CON DEREK E. PATTERSON AGED 39. KILLED 10 N0V 1986
Murdered by an IPLO terrorist as he was getting into his car at a friends, house he had been visiting in
FitzroyAvenue, Belfast. A gunman stepped from the shadows and shot him in the back four times. He died
in hospital. He was married with four children.
R/PT/CON IVAN N. I. CRAWFORD AGED 49. KILLED 09 JAN 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a remote controlled device in a litter bin attached to a pole in
the High Street in Enniskillen,Co Fermanagh. It was detonated as he and a colleague were standing by it,
fatally wounding him. His colleague survived. He was married with three children.
R/PT/CON PETER NESBITT AGED 32. KILLED 10 MAR 1987
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who planted a remote controlled device in the doorway of a bakery shop.
It was next door to a shop they were investigating a robbery in, on the Ardoyne Road, West Belfast. He
was outside the shop giving cover to his colleagues, when the device was detonated from a derelict house
nearby. He was fatally wounded in the explosion. He was unmarried.
D/SGT JOHN R. C. BENNISON AGED 41. KILLED 23 MAR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had killed a Prison Officer in his car at the Magee College in
Londonderry, where the Prison Officer was studying for a degree. As the two detectives were examining
the car in which the murder had taken place, a device in a planted briefcase, exploded killing the two
officers. He was married with one child.
D/INSP GEORGE A.WILSON AGED 35. KILLED 23 MAR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had killed a Prison Officer in his car at the Magee College in
Londonderry, where the Prison Officer was studying for a degree. As the two detectives were examining
the car in which the murder had taken place, a device in a planted briefcase, exploded killing the two
officers. He was married with two children.
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George Cross R/CON GEORGE I. G. SHAW AGED 51. KILLED 03 APR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was leaving Ballynahinch Police Station in Co Down in a police
car. He stopped the car waiting for another officer to close the gates when terrorist gunmen opened fire
from the grounds of a church across the road from the station, fatally wounding him.He was married with
three children.
R/PT/CON FREDERICK V. ARMSTRONG AGED 40. KILLED 11 APR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in the seaside town of Portrush, Co Antrim. They were on foot patrol
in the Main Street when two terrorist gunmen ambushed them from behind. Both policemen were shot
from close range, in the back of the head and back. He was married with three children.
R/PT/CON ROBERT J. B. McLEAN AGED 44. KILLED 11 APR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in the seaside town of Portrush, Co Antrim. They were on foot patrol
in the Main Street when two terrorist gunmen ambushed them from behind. Both policemen were shot
from close range, in the back of the head and back.He was married with two children.
INSP DAVID J. EAD AGED 38. KILLED 20 APR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in Newcastle, Co Down. He was walking back to his Police Station
after inspecting police patrols in the town.Two terrorist gunmen walked up behind him and opened fire at
point blank range hitting him in the back. He was married with two children.
SGT THOMAS COOKE AGED 52. KILLED 23 APR 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in the car park of the Preteen Golf Club, Londonderry. He was
getting into his car after a morning of golf on his day off. They approached his car and fired ten rounds at
him from point blank range. He was married with three children.
CON SAMUEL J. McCLEAN BEM. AGED 41. KILLED 02 JUN 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorists while he was off duty and staying with his sick father and helping out at his
cousins farm next to his fathers home in Co Donegal. Three IRA terrorist hooded gunmen opened fire
with a shotgun and pistol. They continued to carry on shooting him as he lay helpless on the ground. He
was unmarried.
SGT ROBERT GUTHRIE AGED 41. KILLED 23 JUN 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunman who opened fire on him from a large park opposite the rear of the
Antrim Road Police Station. He was indicating he was turning into the station when he was shot and fatally
wounded. He was married with two children.
CON NORMAN A. KENNEDY AGED 41. KILLED 27 JUL 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who smashed in the door of his home with a sledgehammer in Murob
Park,Ballymena,Co Antrim. His children were asleep upstairs. He was watching television with his wife
downstairs. The terrorists shot him ten times. He was married with two children.
D/CON ERNEST S. CARSON AGED 50. KILLED 26 AUG 1987
Murdered by three IRA terrorist gunmen who entered the Liverpool Bar opposite the Liverpool Ferry
Terminals , Belfast Docks .Three terrorists entered the bar opening fire killing the officers. Their duties
included checking passenger traffic from Liverpool. A third officer escaped with a leg injury. He was
married with two children.
D/CON MICHAEL P. MALONE AGED 35. KILLED 26 AUG 1987
Murdered by three IRA terrorist gunmen who entered the Liverpool Bar opposite the Liverpool Ferry
Terminals, Belfast Docks .Three terrorists entered the Bar opening fire killing the officers. Their duties
included checking passenger traffic from Liverpool. A third officer escaped with a leg injury. He was
married with two children.
R/CON WINSTON G. FINLAY AGED 44. KILLED 30 AUG 1987
Murdered by several IRA terrorist gunmen when he got out of his car to open the garage door at his
home at Ballyronan, Magherafelt., Co Londonderry. He was brutally murdered by several terrorist
gunmen. He was married.
R/CON EDWARD ARMSTRONG AGED 52. KILLED 08 NOV 1987
Murdered by IRA terrorists in the bombing of the Cenotaph in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. He was off
duty for the Service of Remembrance, along with his wife and sixteen year old son. They survived they
explosion. Three ex police officers and one of their wives also died in the explosion.
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CON COLIN J. GILMORE AGED 27. KILLED 25 JAN 1988 George Cross
Murdered by the IRA terrorists who attacked a police landrover as it was driven along the Falls Road in
West Belfast. Grenade type devices were thrown on to the roof of the landrover from the upstairs window
of a derelict house, causing a fatal injury to the officer. He died a short time later in hospital. He was
married with a sixteen month old son.
CON CLIVE GRAHAM AGED 25. KILLED 21 MAR 1988
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who opened fire from a house they had taken over by gunpoint from
the owners, overlooking Lisnane Drive,Foyle Hill, Londonderry.The police had set up a VCP unaware
that the terrorists were setting up an ambush. The terrorists opened fire on the VCP hitting Con Graham
in the head and chest. He died in hospital a short time later. He was unmarried.
D/CON JOHN G. WARNOCK AGED 45. KILLED 02 AUG 1988
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had booby trapped his car while he was on duty at Lisburn Police Station,
Co Antrim. He drove some distance through Lisburn until he reached Sloan Street. The bomb exploded
under his car killing him instantly. He was unmarried but was due to announce his wedding engagement
on the day he was murdered.
CON JOHN LARMOUR AGED 42. KILLED 11 OCT 1988
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had discovered he was policeman. He was helping out his brother, by
working in his Ice cream shop on the Lisburn Road in Belfast. Two men walked into the shop and one
ordered ice cream.The other stayed at the door. When he turned his back to get the ice cream both the
terrorists opened fire, fatally wounding him. Two customers were wounded in the attack. He was married
with one child.
R/CON HUGH H. McCRONE AGED 20. KILLED 26 OCT 1988
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who ambushed him and a colleague as they finished their duty and
were leaving Kinawley Police Station in Co Fermanagh. As they were driving towards Enniskillen they
were ambushed by terrorists with automatic weapons. Con McCrone was killed instantly and his colleague
seriously wounded in the ambush. He was unmarried.
R/CON WILLIAM J. MONTEITH AGED 59. KILLED 21 NOV 1988
Murdered by IRA terrorists while he was on security duty with a colleague at the barrier in the Diamond
in Castlederg, Co Tyrone. Two men approached them on foot , produced weapons and fired at point blank
range.R/Con Monteith was hit in the head and died shortly afterwards. His colleague, who was also his
nephew, had minor head injuries. He was married with five children.
CON STEPHEN MONTGOMERY AGED 26. KILLED 28 JAN 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists while he and two other colleagues were on mobile patrol in Sion Mills,Co
Tyrone. They were stopped by a member of the public outside the local disco. One officer got out of the
police car to give protection. A drogue bomb was thrown from a nearby roof onto the roof of the police car
and exploded.He was fatally injured and a colleague was seriously injured. He was married with one child.
C/SUPT HENRY A. BREEN AGED 51. KILLED 20 MAR 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had set up an Illegal check point on the Edenappa Road, Jonesborough,
Co Armagh. About a hundred yards from the border the officers car was ambushed by terrorists with
heavy machine guns. Both officers died at the scene. They had been visiting senior Garda police officers in
Dundalk to discuss border security and were unarmed when they were murdered. He was married with
two children.
SUPT ROBERT J. BUCHANAN AGED 55. KILLED 20 MAR 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists who had set up an Illegal check point on the Edenappa Road, Jonesborough,
Co Armagh about a hundred yards from the border the officers car was ambushed by terrorists with
heavy machine guns. Both officers died at the scene.They had been visiting senior Garda police officers in
Dundalk to discuss border security and were unarmed when they were murdered. He was married with
two children.
R/CON DAVID J. BLACK AGED 34. KILLED 27 JUN 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a booby trap bomb under his car outside his home in Artigarvan,
Co Tyrone. He was off duty going to visit his mother. He had only driven a few minutes when the bomb
exploded fatally wounding him. He was married with one child.
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George Cross CON NORMAN ANNETT AGED 56. KILLED 01 JUL 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in his 81-year old mother’s home in Garvagh, Co Londonderry, who
he was visiting at the time. Two terrorist gunmen entered her house and shot him dead in the living room
in front of his mother. She also was shot in the stomach but survived. He was devoted to his mother and
visited her regularly. He was unmarried .
R/CON ALEXANDER BELL AGED 39. KILLED 24 JUL 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists , when a remote control device planted in a car stolen seven weeks earlier in
Belfast was left in a lay- by in Cushendall, Co Antrim, on the 7th July 1989. The police car he was driving,
with two other colleagues, was passing the lay-by when the terrorists detonated the bomb by a command
wire from a hill overlooking the road. All three of the officers were critically wounded in the attack but
Constable Bell died of his injuries seventeen days later. He was unmarried.
SUPT ALWYN W. HARRIS AGED 51. KILLED 08 OCT 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a booby trap bomb under his car outside his home in Lisburn,
Co.Antrim. He was on his way to church with his wife when the device exploded under his car killing him.
His wife survived with minor injuries. He was married with two children.
CON MICHAEL F. L. MARSHALL AGED 25. KILLED 20 OCT 1989
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen in an ambush on their armoured police car while he and a colleague
were driving through Belleek in Co Armagh. The terrorists used a 12.7mm heavy caliber machine gun
and other automatic weapons. 66 rounds ripped through the armour plating of the police car killing him
instantly and wounding his colleague. The car was also set alight. He was married with two children.
INSP MERVYN D. MONTEITH AGED 35. KILLED 22 JAN 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who fired automatic weapons without warning through the glass door
of his kitchen at his home in Armagh,Co Armagh. He was hit in the head and body. His wife ran into the
kitchen to find her husband lying dead on the kitchen floor. He was married with three sons aged 12, 10
and 7years.
R/CON GEORGE A. STARRETT AGED 58. KILLED 28 MAR 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen,while he was off duty and in the kitchen of his home In Armagh.Co
Armagh. On returning to their home his wife found him dead in the kitchen. He had been shot several
times. He had only been released from hospital recently and had to use crutches to get about. He was
married with one grown up son.
CON HAROLD J. BECKETT AGED 47. KILLED 30 JUN 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he and a colleague, who were Community Police Officers, were on
foot patrol at the Castle Street and Queen Street junction, Belfast. They were approached from behind
and shot at point blank range in the head by two terrorists . He was fatally wounded and died at the scene.
He was married with one child.
CON GARY C.MEYER AGED 34. KILLED 30 JUN 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he and a colleague, who were Community Police Officers, were on
foot patrol at the Castle Street and Queen Street junction, Belfast. They were approached from behind
and shot at point blank range in the head by two terrorists He was fatally wounded and died in hospital a
short time later.He was married with two children.
CON WILLIAM J. B. HANSON AGED 37. KILLED 24 JUL 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a landmine in a culvert in the Ballycrummy area of Co Armagh.
He and two colleagues were in an unmarked armoured police car travelling along the Ballyrath Road
when the 1000lb bomb was detonated by a command wire. He and the other two officers were killed
instantly. Also killed in the blast was a nun from St Josephs training school in Middleton. Sister Catherine
Dunne aged 37. He was married with four children.
R/CON DAVID STERRITT AGED 34. KILLED 24 JUL 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a landmine in a culvert in the Ballycrummy area of Co Armagh.
He and two colleagues were in an unmarked armoured police car travelling along the Ballyrath Road
when the 1000lb bomb was detonated by a command wire. He and the other two officers were killed
instantly. Also killed in the blast was a nun from St Josephs training school in Middleton. Sister Catherine
Dunne aged 37. He was unmarried.
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R/CON JOSHUA C. WILLIS AGED 35. KILLED 24 JUL 1990 George Cross
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a landmine in a culvert in the Ballycrummy area of Co Armagh.
He and two colleagues were in an unmarked armoured police car travelling along the Ballyrath Road
when the 1000lb bomb was detonated by a command wire. He and the other two officers were killed
instantly. Also killed in the blast was a nun from St Josephs training school in Middleton. Sister Catherine
Dunne aged 37. He was married with two children.
D/CON LOUIS M. ROBINSON AGED 42. KILLED 16 SEPT 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorists while returning from the South of Ireland from a fishing holiday with some
friends. Their bus was stopped at an illegal check point by terrorist gunmen. He and two other men were
abducted. The other two were released later , but he had been shot and his body was found two days later
near Crossmaglen in Co Armagh. His hands were tied behind his back and a bag placed over his head
before he was murdered. He was married.
CON SAMUEL TODD AGED 40. KILLED 15 OCT 1990
Murdered by IRA gunmen while he and a colleague from the RUC dog section were sitting in their vehicle
at the security gates in the High Street, Belfast on the 13th October 1990 , while waiting to gain entry to
the City Centre.Three men approached their van opening fire at point blank range. He died two days
later in hospital. His colleague was seriously injured but survived. He was married with two children.
D/INSP WILLIAM D. W. MURPHY AGED 50. KILLED 10 NOV 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on a wild fowling expedition to Castor Bay on the shores of
Lough Neagh in Co Armagh. He was with a police colleague and two civilian friends when all four men
were shot dead.The terrorist gunmen apparently were waiting for the four sportsmen to arrive. He was
married with two children.
R/PT/CON THOMAS G. TAYLOR AGED 49. KILLED 10 NOV 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on a wild fowling expedition to Castor Bay on the shores of
Lough Neagh in Co Armagh. He was with a police colleague and two civilian friends when all four men
were shot dead. The terrorist gunmen apparently were waiting for the four sportsmen to arrive. He was
married with three children.
R/CON WILFRED WETHERS AGED 46. KILLED 20 DEC 1990
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen as he was entering the laneway of his home in Lurgan, Co Armagh.
He was ambushed by the terrorist gunmen and was killed instantly. His car was riddled with bullets and he
was hit at least eight times. He was married with four children.
D/CON JOHN S. McGARRY AGED 46. KILLED 06 APR 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a booby trap bomb under his car at the public car park in Castle
Street Ballycastle,Co Antrim. On returning to his car two hours later he started the engine and as he
moved off the car exploded and caught fire. He died instantly. He was married with three children.
SGT SAMUEL E. McCRUM AGED 62. KILLED 03 APR 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen who entered his wife’s shop in Antrim Street in Lisburn.Co Antrim
where he was working. They opened fire at point blank range fatally wounding him. He usually helped his
wife on Saturday afternoons when he was off duty. He was married.
SGT STEPHEN GILLESPIE AGED 31. KILLED 02 MAY 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorists while on mobile patrol in an armoured police land rover in the Beechmount
area of Belfast. The land rover was hit by an RPG and automatic gunfire. He died in hospital the following
day. Two of his colleagues were injured in the attack. He was married with two children.
R/PT/ CON DOUGLAS CARROTHERS AGED 41. KILLED 17 MAY 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorists in Mullybritt, Lisbellaw, Co Fermanagh. While reversing his car into the
driveway of his home, an under car booby trap device planted by the terrorists, exploded fatally wounding
him. He was married with three children.
CON EDWARD W. SPENCE AGED 26. KILLED 26 MAY 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen while on foot patrol with three of his colleagues in Lower Crescent in
Belfast on the 24 May 1992. The patrol was attacked and he received gunshot wounds. He died two days
later in hospital. He was married with two young children.
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George Cross CON ERIK CLARKE AGED 37. KILLED 17 SEP 1991
Murdered by IRA terrorists when his land rover, which was part of a four-vehicle military patrol, was
passing through Swatragh, County Londonderry. He was in the third land rover when it was hit by mortar
round. He was killed Instantly and four soldiers from the King’s Regiment stationed in Ballykelly, Co
Londonderry were injured.
CON COLLEEN L. McMURRAY AGED 34. KILLED 28 MAR 1992
Murdered by IRA terrorists while she was the observer in the lead car of a two vehicle patrol driving along
Merchants Quay in Newry. Co Down on the 27th March1992. The car was hit by a mortar round fired
from a parked car with a hole cut in it and camouflaged over. It was detonated by remote control from
the other side of the Newry Canal, severely wounding her and the driver. She died of her injuries the
following day. The other officer lost both of his legs in the attack. She was married.
CON JAMES R. DOUGLAS AGED 50. KILLED 10 OCT 1992
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen, while off duty, and with his brother and some friends in a packed
public bar in Lombard Street in Belfast. Two terrorist gunmen entered the bar, singled him out and shot
him dead. He was married with two children.
R/CON ALAN CORBETT AGED 25. KILLED 15 NOV 1992
Murdered by an IRA terrorist while on a joint Army /RUC foot patrol who had set up a vehicle check
point in Belcoo, Co Fermanagh, close to the border with the Republic of Ireland. An IRA terrorist fired a
single shot from high ground over the border in Co Donegal. He died the following morning in hospital.
He was unmarried.
CON MICHAEL J. FERGUSON AGED 21. KILLED 23 JAN 1993
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman who walked up behind him as he was on foot patrol in Shipquay
Street,Londonderry on a busy Saturday afternoon. At point blank range, he shot him twice in the back
of the head. The terrorist then disappeared into the crowds of shoppers. It was a savage and cowardly
murder of a Police Officer. He was unmarried.
R/CON REGINALD WILLIAMSON AGED 47. KILLED 24 FEB 1993
Murdered by IRA terrorists who planted a booby trap bomb under his car. Later, as he was driving along
the Aghinlig Road near Moy in Co Tyrone, it exploded under his car fatally wounding him. His brother, a
UDR soldier, was murdered in October 1982 in a terrorist ambush on his car. He swerved his car to escape
the gunfire and was killed in a head on crash with a female prison officer who also died at the scene. He
was married with two children. His brother also left a widow with three children.
CON JONATHAN REID AGED 30.KILLED 25 MAR 1993
Murdered by an IRA terrorist gunman at the Castleblayney Road, Crossmaglen, Co Armagh, using the
American Barrett(.50 Cal)which was capable of penetrating bullet proof vests. As he stepped out to stop a
car, at a joint RUC / Army checkpoint. he was hit once and died at the scene. He was unmarried.
R/CON BRIAN J. W. WOODS AGED 30. KILLED 02 NOV 1993
Murdered by an IRA terrorist sniper who fired one shot from the direction of the Camlough Roundabout,
which was about 400 yards away. He was on duty at a Vehicle Check Point in Corry Square in Newry, Co
Down, when he was shot in the neck on the 31st October 1993. He was transported to hospital but died of
his wound two days later. He was married with a 13 month old daughter.
CON WILLIAM A. J. BEACOM AGED 46. KILLED 12 DEC 1993
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who ambushed the two RUC Community
Police Officers in their car when it stopped at the junction of Coneen Road and Main Street in
Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone. The terrorists had taken up positions either side of the junction firing into the
car. The car was hit at least twenty times killing both officers instantly. He was married with three children.
R/CON ERNEST F. SMiTH AGED 49. KILLED 12 DEC 1993
Murdered by IRA terrorist gunmen with automatic weapons who ambushed the two RUC Community
Police Officers in their car when it stopped at the junction of Coneen Road and Main Street in
Fivemiletown, Co Tyrone. The terrorists had taken up positions either side of the junction firing into the
car. The car was hit at least twenty times killing both officers instantly. He was married with two children.
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CON WILLIAM J. BEACOM AGED 30. KILLED 17 FEB 1994 George Cross
Murdered by IRA terrorists while driving a Police land rover along Friendly Street in the Markets area of
Belfast. His vehicle was struck by a Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG) launched from an entry. Two officers
survived the cowardly attack, but he died at the scene. He was married with three young children aged
between one and four.
CON JOHN E. HAGGAN AGED 33. KILLED 12 MAR 1994
Murdered by very young IRA terrorist gunmen at the Dunmore Stadium in Belfast. The officer was
accompanied by his pregnant wife and were enjoying the afternoon’s greyhound racing. The two young
terrorists approached him and shot him in the head. Even while he was lying on the ground wounded, the
two terrorists fired more shots into him, killing him instantly. He was married with two young children.
CON GREGORY W. POLLOCK BSc. AGED 23. KILLED 01 APR 1994
Murdered by IRA terrorists as he was on mobile patrol driving the police land rover along Spencer Street
in the Waterside in Londonderry. His vehicle was struck by a mortar fired by a command wire from
some waste ground. Two police officers survived the mortar attack but sadly he died at the scene. He was
unmarried.
CON JAMES SEYMOUR AGED 55. KILLED 02 MAR 1995
Murdered by IRA terrorists with an armalite rifle when he was guarding the front gate of Coalisland Police
Station.Co Tyrone. He was shot by an IRA terrorist sniper as he went to open the gate for a returning
police land rover on the 4th May1973.He lay paralysed and in a coma for 22 years in the South Tyrone
Hospital till his death on the 2nd March 1995. He was married with two children.
CON DARREN BRADSHAW AGED 24. KILLED 09 MAY 1997
Murdered by two INLA terrorists gunmen in the Parliament Bar in Dunbar Street in Belfast while off duty
and drinking with friends. One of the terrorists singled him out and shot him in the back. As he tried to
retreat the gunman followed and fired several more shots at him. The second gunman stayed at the door
covering all those in the bar and threatening the bar staff. Constable Bradshaw died at the scene. Nine
months earlier his brother Simon, a Sapper in the Royal Engineers, was killed in a RTA in Germany. His
remains were brought home and buried in Belmont Cemetery in Antrim. He and his brother now lay at
rest alongside each other.
CON ROBERT G. TAYLOR AGED 41. KILLED 01 JUN 1997
Murdered by a loyalist mob outside a bar in Ballymoney, Co Antrim. He was off duty and having drinks
with friends, one of whom was another police officer. He was identified as a policeman by some patrons
of the bar. When arguments started both officers left. Once outside, they were set upon by the mob. One
officer was beaten then chased away but Constable Taylor was beaten to the ground. As he lay motionless
on the ground the mob started kicking and stamping on his head and body. A doctor arrived at the scene,
but he died fifteen minutes later. He was married with three children.
CON ROLAND J. GRAHAM AGED 34. KILLED 16 JUN 1997
Murdered by Two IRA terrorist gunmen by approaching him and another officer from behind while they
were on beat patrol at Church Walk, Lurgan, Co Armagh, shooting him and another officer in the back of
his head from point blank range, He and the other officer died at the scene. He was married with three
children.
R/CON DAVID A. JOHNSTON AGED 30. KILLED 16 JUN 1997
Murdered by Two IRA terrorist gunmen by approaching him and another officer from behind while they
were on beat patrol at Church Walk, Lurgan, Co Armagh, shooting him and another officer in the back
of his head from point blank range, He and the other officer died at the scene .He was married with two
children.
CON FRANCIS O’REILLY AGED 30. KILLED 06 OCT 1998
Critically injured on the 5th September 1998 by a loyalist blast bomb, thrown in Charles Street,
Portadown, Co Armagh, while on public order duty in connection with Drumcree. The device thrown
exploded on impact injuring him and another colleague. He died of his injuries in hospital on the 6th
October 1998. He was married with young children age ten, tour and f ifteen weeks.
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George Cross FORMER ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY GEORGE CROSS OFFICERS
KILLED BY TERRORISTS 1973 - 1998
MR IVAN A. JOHNSTON AGED 34. KILLED 15 DEC 1973
Shot dead by IRA terrorists near Derrynoose, Keady, Co Armagh.
MR WILLIAM MEAKIN AGED 28. KILLED 15 AUG 1975
Shot dead by IRA terrorists at home in Newtownhamilton,Co Armagh.
MR CHRISTOPHER SHAW AGED 63. KILLED 21 MAY 1977
Shot dead by IRA terrorists at his home near the Lisburn Road, Belfast.
MR JOHN ANDERSON AGED 61. KILLED 18 OCT 1977
Shot dead by IRA terrorists while driving his car near Keady, Co Armagh.
MR FREDERICK LUTTON AGED 40. KILLED 01 MAY 1979
Shot dead by IRA terrorists at his work place in Moy, Co Tyrone.
MR JAMES WRIGHT AGED 48. KILLED 27 JUL 1979
INLA terrorist under car booby trap bomb exploded in Portadown.Co Armagh.
MR ROBERT SHIELDS AGED 44. KILLED 30 SEP 1980
Shot dead by an IRA terrorist at the ambulance depot, where he worked.
MR THOMAS HARPUR AGED 30. KILLED 31 JUL 1981
Shot dead by INLA terrorists while visiting a friend’s house in Strabane, Co Tyrone
MR ALBERT WHITE AGED 34. KILLED 27 NOV 1982
Shot dead by IRA terrorists while driving his car in Newry,Co Down.
MR JOHN MARTIN AGED 34. KILLED 27 NOV 1982
Shot dead by IRA terrorists in his garage in Armagh.
MR SAMUEL GUALT AGED 49. KILLED 08 NOV 1987
Killed by IRA terrorists in the Remembrance day explosion in Enniskillen,Co Fermanagh.
MR HAROLD KEYS AGED 25. KILLED 15 JAN 1989
Shot dead by IRA terrorists outside his girlfriend’s home in Co Donegal.
MR GABRIEL MULLALY AGED 54. KILLED 27 FEB 1989
IRA terrorist under car booby trap bomb exploded while driving in Belfast.
MR JAMES SEFTON AGED 65. KILLED 06 JUN 1990
IRA terrorist under car booby trap bomb killed him and his wife in Belfast.
MR STEVEN CRAIG AGED 24. KILLED 16 OCT 1990
Shot dead by IRA terrorists in the car park of a pub on the Antrim Road,Belfast.
MR THOMAS E.C. STEPHENSON AGED 63. KILLED 21 JAN 1991
Shot dead by IRA terrorists outside his home in Co Fermanagh.
MR ROBERT ORR AGED 56. KILLED 13 MAY 1991
IRA terrorist under car booby trap bomb exploded while driving in Armagh.
MR ROBERT IRVINE AGED 43.KILLED 20 OCT 1992
Shot dead by IRA terrorists at his sister’s home in Rasharkin,Co Antrim.
MR JOHN MURPHY AGED 38.KILLED 17 JUN 1993
Shot dead by INLA terrorists in the York Hotel,Belfast.
MR CYRIL STEWART AGED 52. KILLED 27 MAR 1998
Shot dead by INLA terrorists outside a supermarket in Armagh.
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Above: 30 March 1974. Paramilitaries carried out a major incendiary bomb attack on the main shopping © Victor Patterson
centre in Bangor, County Down
Above: 1971: Funeral with full military honours for Sgt Michael Willetts. GC, 3rd Bn The Parachute Regiment outside © Victor Patterson
the Springfield Road Police Station in West Belfast. He was killed shielding adults, children and RUC officers from the
blast of an IRA terrorist bomb which had been left in the reception hall and office of the Station . He was awarded the
George Cross (posthumously)
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Remembrance
It is important for both individuals and the nation to cherish and respect the
memory of the dead.
Every village in France has a well cared-for memorial listing the names of
the villagers who died in two world wars. The United Kingdom still observes
Remembrance Sunday with the Monarch paying homage at the Cenotaph in
Whitehall on behalf of her subjects.
Ceremonies of remembrance may be public and religious or private and
agnostic. What is never forgotten is the debt owed to those who laid down their
lives for their country.
Our comrades in military and civilian service remembered here in this memorial
book who died in Northern Ireland live on in our minds and in the memories of
those they loved ‘Their names liveth forevermore’
We remember these men and women for their youthfulness, courage, and their
character for those who new them, they will always be part of their lives.
Albert D. Owens MBE
Memorial Custodian
Palace Barracks Memorial Garden
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk
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SGT. ROBERT SAMUEL MCCARTER - 17 JULY 1975. Aged 33.
Killed in Forkhill, South Armagh on 17.07.1975.
SAPPER RONALD HURST - 17 MAY 1972. Aged 25.
Killed while working on the perimeter fence outside Crossmaglen RUC/Army base, County Armagh
on the 17.05.1972.
S/SGT MALCOLM BANKS - 28 JUNE 1972. Aged 29.
Killed while on mobile patrol in the Short Strand area of Belfast on the 28.06.1972.
SAPPER EDWARD STUART - 2 OCTOBER 1972. Aged 20, BELFAST.
Sapper Ted Stuart was in plain clothes posing as a laundry man; he was machine-gunned to his
death in his ban by two Provisional gunmen on the Twinbrook housing estate in Dunmurry, Nr
Belfast. Sapper Stuart was driving a green Morris van marked “Four Square Laundry” - a non-
existent company. A member of the Womens’s Royal Army Corps was posing as a delivery girl.
Speculation that he was serving with the Special Air Service was denied.
WO2 IAN DONALD - 24 MAY 1973. Aged 35.
Killed by a remote controlled bomb which was detonated while his patrol searched a house in
Cullaville, County Armagh on the 24.05.1973.
MAJOR RICHARD JARMAN - 20 JULY 1973. Aged 37.
Killed by a booby trapped bomb while leading a foot patrol in Middletown, County Armagh on the
20.07.1973.
SAPPER JOHN WALTON - 02 JULY 1974. Aged 27.
Killed by a booby trapped bomb while on foot patrol near a derelict house near Newtownhamilton
in County Armagh on the 02.07.1974.
SGT DAVID EVANS - 21 JULY 1976. Aged 28.
Killed by a booby trapped bomb left outside the Ebrington Army Camp on the Waterside area of
Londonderry on the 21.07.1976.
COLONEL MARK COE - 16 FEBRUARY 1980. Aged 44.
While off duty at his army quarter home in Bielefeld, West Germany he was murdered by IRA
gunmen on the 16.02.1980
L/CPL MICHAEL ROBBINS - 01 AUGUST 1988. Aged 23.
Killed in a time bomb attack at the Mill Hill, Inglis Army Camp in London on 01.08.1988.
SPR MARK QUINSEY - 07 MAR 2009. Aged 23.
38 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers.
SPR PATRICK AZIMKAR - 07 MAR 2009. Aged 21.
38 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers.
Murdered by Continuity IRA terrorist gunmen while collecting pizzas outside Massereene Barracks
in Antrim. They were due to leave for Afghanistan the following day. As the soldiers were lying on
the ground wounded, the terrorists continued firing into their bodies with automatic weapons.
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