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Robert Nairac was killed and secretly buried almost 50 years ago. The location of his remains has been a mystery ever since. Search ends for remains of soldier abducted and killed in 1977
Captain Robert Laurence Nairac GC (31 August 1948 – 15 May 1977) was a British Army officer in the Grenadier Guards. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was abducted by Republicans from a pub in Dromintee , South Armagh , during an undercover operation he was undertaking and killed by the IRA .
British Army officer Robert Nairac, who disappeared from South Armagh, was a Mauritius-born Roman Catholic. [7] [8] The organisation said they could only accurately locate the body of one of their victims, but gave rough ideas for the remaining eight. [9] [10] As of September 2017, the remains of three of the victims have still not been found.
Robert Nairac: Liam Townson Dromintee, Northern Ireland May 14, 1977 November 1977 British Army Captain murdered by the IRA during the course of an undercover operation. It is believed that Nairac's body was buried in farmland in Ireland. Gerard Fearon, Thomas Morgan 1978 Frances (or Francis) Rundle Arthur David Rundle South Norwood, Surrey ...
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Capt Nairac is believed to have been abducted and killed by the IRA while on an undercover operation in a pub in south Armagh in 1977.
5 May 1977 - Captain Robert Nairac (29), a member of the British Army, was abducted by the IRA outside The Three Step Inn in Dromintee, County Armagh. At around 11.45 p.m., he was abducted following a struggle in the pub's car park and taken across the border into County Louth in the Republic of Ireland to a field in the Ravensdale Woods, just ...
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