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For years, republicans had complained about the heavy-handed policing of IRA funerals, which had frequently led to outbreaks of violence. [5] In a change from normal procedure, the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) agreed to stay away from the funeral in exchange for guarantees that there would be no three-volley salute by IRA gunmen. [ 6 ]
Those attending the funeral included IRA members who acted as stewards. Derek Tony Wood, aged 24, and David Robert Howes, aged 23, were corporals in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals . According to the British Army, Wood and Howes ignored general orders to stay away from the area where the funeral was being held. [ 9 ]
9 February 1971: at the funeral of IRA volunteer James Saunders, a three-volley salute was fired over his coffin by the IRA. The funeral cortege was forced to make a detour when 300 loyalists blocked Oldpark Road and stoned mourners. There were also scuffles with police. [22]
The funeral of soldiers who die while on service are attended by formal ceremonies. The same applies for members of the Garda Siochána. Former Old IRA veterans were entitled to an Defence Force guard of honour and firing party salute, but these were never considered State funerals, as I understand it.
This is the Timeline of Irish National Liberation Army actions (Irish National Liberation Army actions, INLA), an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group. Most of these actions took place as part of its 1975–1998 campaign during "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland.
Seán Savage (1965–1988), a member of the Provisional IRA killed by members of the British Special Air Service (SAS) during Operation Flavius. Freddie Scappaticci (b. 1946), an alleged member of the Provisional IRA who is supposed to have acted as double agent under the alias Stakeknife.
FILE - President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stand on stage at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting, Feb. 3, 2023, in Philadelphia.
Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International.