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Captain
Marcus McCausland Age 39 (Part Time) D. Coy
4th March 1971. Abducted from his car, Interrogated and shot by
the OIRA. His hooded body was found near the Donnegal border, He had
previous experience with the Irish Guards and was the first UDR officer to
be killed. He was married with 3 children and was off duty when he was
abducted and killed.
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Pte
Samuel Porter Age 30 (Part Time) G. Coy.
22nd November 1972. Shot and killed by the IRA as he arrived home
after doing a duty. The killers had first poisoned his Alsatian dog. He
had survived a previous attack. He was married with 2 children and was off
duty at the time of his death.
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Pte
George E. Hamilton Age 30 (Part Time) C. Coy.
20th December 1972. Shot by a sniper as he was repairing a fault
at a reservoir near Culmore. He died two hours later in hospital. He was
married with one child and was off duty at the time off his death.
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Captain
James Hood Age 48 (Part Time) C. Coy
4th January 1973. Shot as he entered his home after coming off
duty by gunmen who were lying in wait in his garden .The killing was
witnessed by his son. He was married with three children and was off duty
at the time of his death.
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Sgt
David C. Deacon Age 38 (Full time) HQ. Coy.
3rd March 1973. His hooded body was found near Londonderry, his
hands were tied behind his back, and he had been tortured, He had previous
service in the Royal Navy. He was married with four children and was off
duty at the time of his abduction and death.
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Cpl
John Conley Age 43 (Part Time) E. Coy
23rd July 1974. Killed by an IRA bomb at Bridge Street in Garvagh,
The car bomb exploded as he was helping to evacuate the centre of the
Town. He was married with three children, and was on duty at the time of
his death.
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Pte
Robert Stott Age 22 (Part Time) B. Coy
25th November 1975. Shot on the way home from work. His brother
heard the shots and went to the door to find him lying on the pavement, He
had been shot ten times. (His grandfather died on the same day in the
First World War 25th November 1917). He was single and off duty at the
time of his death.
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Pte
John Arrell Age 32 (Part Time) F. Coy.
22nd January 1976. He was driving the Firms mini bus from his work
in Ballymena to his home when two gunmen boarded the bus, they asked for
him by name then shot him, He died of multiple wounds. He was married and
off duty at the time of his death.
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Pte
Jack McCutcheon Age 48 (Part Time) F. Coy.
1st April 1976. His body was found four hours after he was shot,
by the IRA at the cement works were he worked, his nephew was killed by
the IRA later in 1989. He was married with four children, and was off duty
at the time of his death.
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S/Sgt
Bobby H.Lennox Age 61 (Part Time) F. Coy
2nd April 1976. Bobby was a postman and was ambushed as he
delivered mail to an isolated cottage at Knockloughrim. Twenty shots were
fired at him. He was married with five children and off duty at the time
of his death.
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Pte
Robert J.Scott Age 26 (Part Time) F. Coy.
30th July 1976. Killed by an IRA booby-trap at the family farm.
The bomb was triggered when he opened a gate to drive his tractor through.
He was single and off duty at the time of his death.
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Captain
W. Ronnie Bond Age 53 (Part Time) B. Coy.
7th November 1976. Shot by the IRA on the 28th October outside his
home in Londonderry after arriving home from work, He had previous service
with the Royal Navy, He was married and off duty at the time of his death.
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L/Cpl
Jimmy Speers Age 46 (Part Time) G. Coy
9th November 1976. Shot by the IRA in the garage he owned in
Desertmartin. Three men drove in and asked him to look at a leaking
radiator, Then Killed him. He was married with three children and off duty
at the time of his death.
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L/Cpl
Winston C. McCaughey Age 34 (Full Time) E. Coy.
11th November 1976. Shot by the IRA as he stood by his car outside
his home at Kilrea. His eight year old son stopped a passing car for help
but his father was dead on arrival at the hospital.
He was married with two children and off duty at the time of his death.
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Major
J. Peter Hill Age 43 (Part Time0 B. Coy.
23rd February 1977. Shot by IRA gunmen as he returned home from
his civilian work in Londonderry. He was the 68th UDR soldier and 7th
Officer to be killed. He was married with three children and off duty at
the time of his death.
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Pte
David McQuillan Age 36 (Part Time) F. Coy.
15th March 1977. Shot by IRA gunmen at Bellaghy, as he waited for
a lift to work. His fourteen year old son witnessed the killing. He had
survived a previous attempt on his life. He was married with three
children and off duty at the time of his death.
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L/Cpl
Gerald C. Cloete Age 46 (Part Time0 B. Coy.
6th April 1977. Shot by the IRA as he drove to work on the evening
shift at a factory in Londonderry. The gunmen crashed into his car and
shot him as he tried to get out.
He had previously served in the Royal Navy. He was married with five
children and off duty at the time of his death.
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Lt
Walter Kerr Age 34 (Part Time) F. Coy.
2nd November 1977 Fatally Injured by an IRA booby-trap bomb under
his car on the 27th October 1977. Twelve soldiers from the Royal tank
Regiment donated blood Immediately, to help the injured soldier. Fifty
other soldiers donated blood later, many of them staying at the hospital
lest further donations were needed. He was married with 2 children and off
duty at the time of the explosion.
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Cpl
William J. Gordon Age 41 (Part Time) G. Coy.
8th February 1978. Killed instantly with his ten year old daughter
when an IRA booby–trap bomb exploded under his car. His seven year old
son was badly injured in the explosion. He was married with three children
and off duty at the time of his and daughters deaths.
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L/Cpl
Samuel D. Montgomery Age 27 (Part Time) C. Coy.
10th February 1981. Shot by the IRA at his place of work in a
timber yard in Londonderry. He was the 109th
UDR soldier to be killed. He was single and off duty at the time of his
death.
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Pte
T. Alan Ritchie Age 28 (Part Time) F. Coy.
25th May 1981. Killed in an IRA ambush at Gulladuff near Bellaghy
while on mobile patrol. He was single and on duty at the time of his
death.
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Pte
Allen Clarke Age 20 (Part Time) A. Coy.
12th September 1981. Shot by the IRA as he walked through Maghera.
His close friend a RUC reservist, carried his coffin at the funeral and
then he himself was shot dead in an IRA attack a few hours later. He was
single and off duty at the time of his death.
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L/Cpl
Brownie V. McKeown Age 40 (Part Time) A. Coy.
17th December 1983. Shot by the IRA in front of his 13 year old
son as they sat in their car after leaving a supermarket in Maghera where
he worked, The boy who was helping his father was injured in the attack
and despite years of psychiatric treatment has never fully recovered. He
was married with 2 children and off duty at the time of his death.
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Sgt
Bobby F. Boyd Age 55 (Full Time) HQ. Coy
18th November 1985. Shot by the IRA as he walked towards his front
door. Two gunmen fired a total of 18 rounds at him. he died in the
ambulance. He was the 150th
UDR soldier to be killed. He was married with four children and off duty
at the time of his death.
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Sgt
Tommy A. Jamison Age 40 (Part Time) A. Coy.
8th March 1990. Ambushed and shot by the IRA at Castlecaulfield as
he drove his cement mixer. Three gunmen threw a grenade at the lorry
before firing thirty shots from a field overlooking the road.
He was the third employee from his firm to be murdered by the IRA. He was
married with three children and off duty at the time of his death.
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Pte
Mickey Boxall Age 27 (Full Time) C. Coy
6th November 1991. Killed by an IRA mortar attack on the mobile
patrol in he was on in Bellaghy, he died shortly afterwards in hospital.
He was single and on duty at the time of his death.
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