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On 19 March 1988, the British Army corporals Derek Wood and David Howes [1] were killed by the Provisional IRA in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in what became known as the corporals killings. Wearing civilian clothes, both armed with Browning Hi-Power pistols and in a civilian car, the soldiers drove into the funeral procession of an IRA member ...
Three people were killed and more than 60 wounded. The "unprecedented, one-man attack" [2] was filmed by television news crews and caused shock around the world. [3] Three days later, two British Army corporals drove into the funeral procession of one of the Milltown victims.
Andrew Walker (1953/1954 – 3 September 2021) [1] was a British Army corporal in the Royal Scots who murdered three colleagues in a payroll robbery in the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh, in January 1985.
In May, the UVF killed 3 Catholic civilians and injured 9 in a gun attack in a Belfast pub. [4] On 15 June, 7 people were killed, first 6 British soldiers were killed in the Lisburn van bombing and then the IRA shot dead a UVF member. [5] On 7 July, an IRA member and 2 civilians were killed in a premature bomb explosion. [6]
19 March - Corporals killings in Belfast: British Army corporals Woods and Howes are abducted, beaten and shot dead by Irish republicans after driving into the funeral cortege of IRA members killed in the Milltown Cemetery attack. 15 June - The IRA kills six British soldiers in a bomb attack in Lisburn.
Hero Texas police officer, an Army veteran, killed in line of duty during car chase: ‘Truly owe my life to him’ Katherine Donlevy January 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A Texas police sergeant and Army veteran killed in the line of duty is being hailed as a hero for preventing even more tragedy. ... Read On The Fox News App. At 3:30 p.m., officials said Butler ...
Bryan James Budd, VC (16 July 1977 – 20 August 2006) was a British Army soldier and a Northern Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.