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Pages in category "British military personnel killed in The Troubles (Northern Ireland)" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Robert George Curtis (25 March 1950 – 6 February 1971) [1] was a British soldier who was officially the first military fatality in the Northern Ireland "Troubles", [2] which was to kill 705 British soldiers. [3] He was the first British soldier to die in the line of duty on the island of Ireland since 1921. [4]
The Belfast Blitz consisted of four German air raids on strategic targets in the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland, in April and May 1941 during World War II, causing high casualties. The first was on the night of 7–8 April 1941, a small attack which probably took place only to test Belfast's defences.
Terrorism deaths in Northern Ireland (1 C, 19 P) Pages in category "People killed during The Troubles (Northern Ireland)" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
1 March - A mobile patrol from the 2nd Battalion was the subject of the first recorded use of the Mk12 horizontal mortar [6] [7] Two soldiers were killed as a result of the attack. The funeral of one of them, Private Paul Sutcliffe, an Englishman, was held in Barrowford, Lancashire - the only UDR funeral to be held outside Northern Ireland. [7]
The 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings took place in Northern Ireland during The Troubles. On 10 March 1971, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) shot dead three off-duty British soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Royal Highland Fusiliers. The soldiers were from Scotland and two were teenage brothers.
The Warrenpoint ambush was the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles and the Parachute Regiment's biggest loss since World War II, with sixteen paratroopers killed. [15] General Sir James Glover , Commander of British forces in Northern Ireland, later said it was "arguably the most successful and certainly one of the best ...
Pages in category "Northern Ireland in World War II" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.