NORTHERN IRELAND
Major Robin
Nigel Alers-Hankey - Royal Green Jackets - died of wounds 30
Jan. 1972
Died in a London hospital 4 months after being shot in
Londonderry; aged 35. Troops had been deployed to protect firemen
dealing with a blaze, when he was shot. He left a widow and 2
young sons.
Major Charles
Armstrong - Ulster Defence Regiment - 14 Nov. 1983
Killed by a car bomb, Armagh; aged 54 .
Captain
Timothy Armstrong - 8th Bn. Ulster Defence Regiment -
16 Jan. 1988
Shot in the back as he walked with his fiancee along the Ormeau
Road, they were to marry in July; aged 29. He had served in the
Falklands in 1983 with the Royal Irish Rangers.
Lieutenant
Simon Bates - 2nd Bn. Parachute Regiment - 1 Jan. 1980
Shot by an army ambush, by accident while on patrol, Armagh; aged
23. From Christchurch, Dorset.
Lieutenant-Colonel
David Blair - Queen's Own Highlanders - 27 August 1979
Killed by a bomb at Warren Point, Down; aged 40. (18 soldiers
died). "So close was Blair to the explosion that his
remains were never found."
Major Bernard
Calladene - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal) - 29
March 1972
Killed by a car bomb that he was inspecting, central Belfast;
aged 39. Earlier that day he had defused a 150lb bomb at Belfast
Magistrates Court. From Strensall, Yorkshire. He was buried at
York. He left a widow and 3 children.
Colonel Mark
Coe, OBE - Royal Engineers - 16 Feb. 1980
Shot at his home, Bielefeld, Germany; aged 44. He was off duty
and about to put his car away when he was approached by a man and
woman and murdered. He left a widow and 6 children.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Ian Corden-Lloyd, OBE, MC
- Royal Green Jackets - 17 Feb. 1978
Killed when his Gazelle helicopter crashed after being shot at,
Armagh; aged 39. From Hampshire, he left a widow and 3 children.
He was awarded the OBE, MC (for Ulster 1972) and a posthumous MID.
Lieutenant
Anthony Daly - Blues & Royals - 20 July 1982
Killed by a nail bomb in Hyde Park, London; aged 23. The Blues
and Royals were on Ceremonial Duties. 4 soldiers and 7 of their
horses were murdered.
Major Michael
Dillon-Lee - 32nd Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery - 2 June
1990
Shot at his home, Dortmund, West Germany; aged 34. From
Bournemouth.
Lieutenant
Lindsay Dobbie - Royal Army Ordnance Corps - 3 Oct.
1973
Killed by a letter bomb, Londonderry; aged 23. From London. A
Jewish officer.
Major Donald
Farrell, MBE (retired) - Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers - 23
March 1974
Shot while driving to take his dog for a walk, near his home at
Mountfield, Glebe, near Omagh; aged 56. Worked as an Army
recruiting officer. Joined the army as a boy in 1933,
Commissioned 1941, served Korea (MID).
2nd
Lieutenant Howard Fawley - Duke of Wellington's Regiment - 25
Jan. 1974
Killed by a landmine while inspecting a hedge near the shores of
Lough Neagh; aged 19. From Shipley, Yorkshire.
Major Andrew
French, MBE - Royal Anglian Regiment - 22
May 1986
Killed by a bomb, Armagh; aged 35. From Millswood, Suffolk.
Awarded the MBE for service in Ulster in 1980.
Major Peter
Fursman - 2nd Bn. Parachute Regiment - 27 August 1979
Killed by the 2nd bomb, at Warren Point, Down; aged 35 (18
soldiers died).
2nd
Lieutenant Stewart Gardiner - Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders - 22 Sept. 1972
Shot when investigating wires at the border, at Drumuckaval,
Armagh; aged 22 .While talking to Gardai officers he was shot
from south of the border.
Captain Roger
Goad - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal) - 29 August
1975
Killed by a bomb, London; aged 40.
Captain Barry
S. Griffen - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal) -
20 June 1973
Killed by a bomb, Lecky Road, Londonderry; aged 29. From
Darlington, Co. Durham. Married.
Lieutenant
Leslie Hamilton - Ulster Defence Regiment - 27 April
1982
Shot at work, delivering bread to a supermarket in the Waterside,
Londonderry; aged 37. Married, 2 children.
Captain
Gordon Hanna - Ulster Defence Regiment - 29 Nov. 1985
Killed by a car bomb, near his home in Harbour Drive, Kilkeel,
Down; aged 46. 4 children.
Captain
Charles Henning - Ulster Defence Regiment - 6 Oct.
1978
Shot at work, Down; aged 52.
Captain James
Hood - 5th Bn. Ulster Defence Regiment - 4 Jan. 1973
Shot at home, at Straidarran, Londonderry; aged 48. Married, 3
children.
2nd
Lieutenant Nicholas Hull - 3rd Bn. Royal Anglian Regt. - 16
April 1972
Shot while on mobile patrol in Durham Street, West Belfast; aged
22. From Ampthill, Bedforshire.
Major Richard
Jarman - 11th Field Squadron, Royal Engineers - 20 July
1973
Killed by a bomb, Armagh; aged 37. From Rippon, Yorkshire.
Lieutenant
Walter Kerr - Ulster Defence Regiment - 2 Nov. 1977
Killed by a car bomb, Londonderry; aged 34.
Lieutenant
Steven Kirby - Royal Welsh Fusiliers - 14 Feb. 1979
Shot, Londonderry; aged 22. From Erith, Kent.
2nd
Lieutenant Irwin Long - 11th Bn. Ulster Defence Regtiment - 8
Nov. 1972
Shot, off duty, while driving to collect his 4 year old daughter,
Lake Street, Lurgan, Armagh; aged 29. Married, 2 children.
Major William
McAlpine - Army Cadet Force - 5 Sept. 1978
Shot, Down; aged 45. Awarded the Cadet Forces Long Service Good
Conduct Medal.
Captain
Marcus McCausland - Ulster Defence Regiment - 4 March
1972
Abducted and shot while off duty, visiting friends in Donegal;
aged 38. A Catholic. He had served in the Irish Guards. Married.
Captain
Robert Nairac, GC - Grenadier Guards
- 14 May 1977
Abducted (South Armagh) and shot, in Eire. He was working
undercover for military intelligence. Awarded a posthumous George
Cross.
Captain
Anthony Pollen - Coldstream Guards - 14 April 1974
Shot, Londonderry; aged 27. From Sonning, Berkshire.
Major George
Shaw - Ulster Defence Regiment - 26 Jan. 1987
Shot at home, Tyrone; aged 57.
Lieutenant
Alan Shields - Naval Recruiting Officer - 22 August
1988
Killed by a car bomb, East Belfast; aged 45. From Glasgow.
Captain Eric
Shiells - Ulster Defence Regiment - 29 April 1977
Shot at home, Tyrone; aged 49.
Lieutenant
Michael Simpson - Staffordshire Regiment - 23 Oct. 1974
Shot, Londonderry; aged 21. From Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex.
Lieutenant
Robin Smyrl - Ulster Defence Regiment - 13 Sept. 1977
Shot, Tyrone; aged 25.
Major Jeremy
Snow - 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers - 8 Dec. 1971
Shot, North Belfast; aged 36.
2nd
Lieutenant Andrew Somervell - 16/5th Lancers - 27
March 1973
Killed by a landmine, Tyrone; aged 21. From Beaconsfield,
Buckinghamshire.
Lieutenant-Colonel
John Stevenson - CO Army Training Camp, Otterburn - 9 April
1974
Shot at home; aged 53.
Captain David
Stewardson - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal) - 9
Sept. 1971
Killed by a bomb, Antrim; aged 29. From Scotland.
Major David
Anthony Storrey - 19th Field Regt. Royal Artillery - 14
August 1972
Killed by a bomb while erecting sniper screens, Andersontown
district, West Belfast; aged 36. From Ascot, Berkshire. Married,
3 children.
Major Ivan
Toombs - Ulster Defence Regiment - 16 Jan. 1981
Shot at work, Down; aged 42.
Captain
William David Watson - Argyll & Sutherland
Highlanders - 20 Nov. 1972
Killed by a bomb in a derelict farmhouse, near Cullyhanna,
Armagh; aged 28. From Colinton, Edinburgh. His wife was expecting
their second child. He had served in Aden and Borneo.
Captain
Herbert R. Westmacott, MC - Special
Air Service - 2 May 1980
Shot in Antrim Road, North Belfast; aged 28. Awarded a posthumous
Military Cross. Married.
Captain
Robert Wilkinson - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal)
- 23 Sept. 1973
Killed by a bomb, Birmingham, England; aged 30. From Norton-on-Lugg,
near Hereford.
Lieutenant
Robert Williams-Wynn -14/20th Hussars -14 July 1972
Shot during a gun battle, West Belfast; aged 24. - From Oswestry,
Shropshire. Son of Colonel Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, Lord
Lieutenant of Denbighshire.
Major Peter
Willis - Green Howards - 17 July 1975
Killed by a bomb, Armagh; aged 37.
Lieutenant
Joseph Wilson - Ulster Defence Regiment - 26 Oct. 1976
Shot at work, Armagh; aged 53.
Captain John
H. Young - Royal Army Ordnance Corps (bomb disposal) - 15
July 1972
Killed while dealing with a bomb, at Silverbridge, near Forkhill,
Armagh; aged 22. From Bronsley, near Basingstoke.