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Private John R Rudman Aged 21 yrs
Killed 15 September 1971. John was shot by the IRA a year before the same
organisation killed his brother, Thomas, aged 20.
John had been in a truck travelling to Coalisland when gunmen opened fire
near Dungannon ...
his brother Tom who was serving with 1 LI was also killed in Northern
Ireland on 30 September 1972.
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Serjeant Arthur( Ty) Whitelock, aged 24 yrs
Killed 24 August 1972. An IRA sniper shot Ty who was on his third, and last,
tour of duty as he patrolled in the Shantallow area of Londonderry. Other
soldiers returned fire, but the gunmen escaped.
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Corporal Thomas P Taylor aged 26 yrs
Killed 13 May 1973. Died from injuries received when a booby-trap exploded
in the derelict Maguire and Paterson match factory on the Donegall Road,
Belfast. His patrol had been investigating an anonymous telephone report
that a gunman had been in the building.
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Private
John Gaskell aged 22 yrs
Died 14 May 1973 of injuries sustained in the same incident as Corporal
Taylor.
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Private Reginald B Roberts ages 25 yrs
Killed 1 July 1973 on his 25th birthday by an IRA sniper in the Ballymurphy
Estate. He died almost immediately. Private Roberts was one of a number of
soldiers protecting others repairing a fence on the estate.
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Private P Turner aged 18 yrs
Killed instantly on 28 August 1992 by a single shot in the chest as he stood
in the main square in Crossmaglen. This shooting was the first in a series
of sniper killings along the border.
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Private
Ronald Stafford
(Killed in RTA)
He died in a car accident in Northern Ireland on 20/21 July 1979. (there is
some confusion over the actual date of death. Probably the car accident
occurred on 20 July and he died as a result of his injuries the following
day.
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