MAY THEY REST IN PEACE

They went with songs to the battle, they were
young straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against the odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the
morning we will remember them.


Royal Artillery
GUNNER ROBERT CURTIS 6/02/71: Shot by IRA gunmen, New Lodge area, Belfast
L/BOMB JOHN LAURIE 15/02/71: DoW after same incident
BOMBARDIER PAUL CHALLENOR 10/08/71: IRA sniper, Bligh’s Lane post, Londonderry
GNR CLIFFORD LORING 31/08/71: DoW after being shot at VCP, Belfast
SGT MARTIN CARROLL 14/09/71: IRA sniper Creggan, Londonderry
GNR ANGUS STEVENS 27/10/71: IRA bomb attack, Rosemount RUC station, Belfast
L/BOMB DAVID TILBURY 27/10/71: Killed in same incident
GNR IAN DOCHERTY 31/10/71: DoW after being shot in Stockmans Lane, Belfast
GNR RICHARD HAM 29/12/71: Shot dead in the Brandywell area of Londonderry
L/BOMB ERIC BLACKBURN 10/04/71: Killed in bomb attack, Rosemount Avenue, Londonderry L/BOMB BRIAN THOMASSON 10/04/71: Killed In same incident
GNR VICTOR HUSBAND 2/06/72: IRA landmine, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh
GNR BRIAN ROBERTSON 2/06/72: Killed in the same incident
SGT CHARLES COLEMAN 7/06/72: IRA sniper, Andersonstown, Belfast
GUNNER WILLIAM RAISTRICK 11/06/72: IRA sniper Brooke Park, Londonderry
BOMBARDIER TERRENCE JONES 11/06/72 Shot in the back by IRA, Londonderry
GNR LEROY GORDON 7/08/72: IRA landmine, Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh
L/BOMB DAVID WYNNE 7/08/72: Killed in same incident
MAJOR DAVID STORRY 14/08/72: Booby trap, casement Park base, Andersonstown
GNR ROBERT CUTTING 3/09/72: Accidentally shot, New Lodge area of Belfast
S/SGT CRAIG J. GARDNER 19/09/72: RTA
GNR PAUL JACKSON 28/11/72: Hit by bomb shrapnel, Strand Road, Londonderry
SGT IVOR W. SWAIN 23/03/73: RTA
GNR IDWAL EVANS 11/04/73: IRA sniper Bogside area of Londonderry
GNR KERRY VENN 28/04/73: IRA sniper Shantallow Estate, Londonderry
SGT THOMAS CRUMP 3/05/73: DoW after being shot in Londonderry
GNR JOSEPH BROOKES 25/11/73: Shot in IRA ambush in Bogside area of Londonderry
BOMBARDIER HEINZ PISAREK 25/11/73: Killed in same incident
SGT JOHN HAUGHEY 21/01/74: Remote-controlled bomb, Creggan Estate, Londonderry
GNR LEONARD GODDEN 4/02/74: Killed by IRA bomb on M62 in Yorkshire
BDR TERRENCE GRIFFIN 4/02.74: Killed in same incident
GNR DAVID FARRINGTON 13/03/74: Shot by IRA gunmen at Chapel Lane Belfast city centre
LT/COL JOHN STEVENSON 8/04/74: Murdered by IRA gunmen at his home in Northumberland
GNR KIM MACCUNN 22/06/74: IRA sniper new Lodge, Belfast
SGT BERNARD FEARNS 30/07/74: IRA sniper New Lodge area of Belfast
GNR KEITH BATES 4/11/74: RTA
GNR RICHARD DUNNE 8/11/74: IRA bomb in Woolwich, London pub bombings
GNR GEOFFREY B. JONES 9/06/75: RTA
GNR CYRIL MACDONALD 18/12/75: IRA bomb attack at Guildhall Square, Londonderry
GNR MARK ASHFORD 17/01/76: Shot at checkpoint, Great James Street, Londonderry
GNR JAMES REYNOLDS 13/03/76: RTA
GNR WILLIAM MILLER 3/07/76: IRA sniper at checkpoint Butcher Street, Londonderry
GNR ANTHONY ABBOT 24/10/76: Ambushed and killed by IRA, Ardoyne, Belfast
GNR MAURICE MURPHY 22/11/76: DoW from same incident
GNR EDWARD MULLER 11/01/77: IRA sniper at VCP in Old Park area of Belfast
GNR GEORGE MUNCASTER 23/01/77: IRA sniper Markets area, Belfast
GNR PAUL SHEPPARD 1/03/78: Shot in gun battle Clifton Park Avenue, Belfast
GNR RICHARD FURMINGER 02/08/79: Killed in IRA landmine attack with RAOC comrade
Cathedral Road, Armagh
GNR ALAN AYRTON 16/12/79: Killed with 3 others in landmine explosion, Dungannon
GNR WILLIAM BECK 16/12/79: Killed in same incident
GNR SIMON EVANS 16/12/79: Killed in same incident
GNR KEITH RICHARDS 16/12/79: Killed in same incident
GNR PETER A. CLARK 9/08/80 RTA
L/BOMB KEVIN WALLER 20/09/82: Remote-controlled INLA bomb Divis St flats, Belfast
GNR LYNDON MORGAN 26/04/88: IRA booby trap Carrickmore
GNR MILES AMOS 8/03/89: IRA landmine, Buncrana Road, Londonderry
L/BOMB STEPHEN CUMMINS 8/03/89: Killed in same incident
MAJOR MICHAEL DILLION-LEE 2/06/90: Murdered outside his quarters in Dortmund, Germany
L/BOMB PAUL GARRETT 2/12/93: IRA sniper Keady, Co Armagh
L/BOMB STEPHEN RESTORICK 12/02/97: IRA sniper at VCP at Bessbrook Mill Army base
GNR JON COOPER 22/02/97: Violent or unnatural causes

******** Ken Wharton who wrote the new NI Book ** A LONG LONG WAR ** gave me approvel to add this to our site ** These updated names will be included in his second book out in 09 *** His name findings will more than likeley rise as his search to find the true figures of those who lost their lives in the province continues **

With regards to Jacko, Paul Jackson, 28/11/72, the official report said he was killed by shrapnel coming through a hatch, I spoke to the RCT bloke who was driving the Saracen on that fateful day, he told a different story, can I put it on here or will I get some one in trouble, do not care for myself, they can try what they like with me but do not want to get the site in strife.
After surviving major cancer surgery,( prostate ) and TWO lots of brain surgery no petty official can scare me off, I would like the truth out there, but i appreciate what the site administrators do and do not want to give them any difficulty.

spanner154 wrote:

With regards to Jacko, Paul Jackson, 28/11/72, the official report said he was killed by shrapnel coming through a hatch, I spoke to the RCT bloke who was driving the Saracen on that fateful day, he told a different story, can I put it on here or will I get some one in trouble, do not care for myself, they can try what they like with me but do not want to get the site in strife. After surviving major cancer surgery,( prostate ) and TWO lots of brain surgery no petty official can scare me off, I would like the truth out there, but i appreciate what the site administrators do and do not want to give them any difficulty.

Hi Spanner could you please pm me with what you intend to write? many thanks.

Stand your ground firm Spanner when you report !!!! Because Ken Wharton dug out lots of interesting NI findings !!!! So whats either read or blocked here mate can be read in Kens new NI Books !!!!! The true truth always hurts them in this country mate as you know !!!!! Its the kid on the ground at the time whos knows the truth !!!!! So if goverments ect cannot will not or no it was not as the soldier said then bully for them !!!!! We had as you know very difficult times in Belfast and Londonderry in the early 70s of which in our eyes we did an outstanding job !!!!! Good Luck Spanner when you march on the carpet !!!! John

swainey wrote:

Good Luck Spanner when you march on the carpet !!!! John

Ha ha calm down Swainey you make me sound like i'm some monster, were not here trying to shut people up I'm just wanting a heads up thats all!!

There are still omissions on this list

a good few years ago it was reported that a person(unnamed) tried to get the correct figures of our losses,he even got in touch with regts but was blown out of the water....... the most popular excuse he was given was " were sorry but we dont keep records"........ yeh right...... they dont want the true numbers to be known......

Well Vonners if thats the case then forget a PM and let Spanner be his self and tell us all out clear how the kid was killed in Londonderry in 72 !!! And it can then be put to rest !!!!! Us old NI vets have nothing to hide but have lots to say about the truth the whole truth and hothing but the truth !!!!! Its on you Spanner !!!!! John !!!! PS Your OK Vonners its just sometimes hard to grasp by many of us older end the truth about NI

John,I always understood that Marty Carroll & Jim Black where both shot Whilst coming out of the sangers in Blieghs lane,to fire the F.R.G.I could well be wrong,as 170 were in Fermanagh apart from last few weeks.

Vonners, pm sent mate,
swainey, I know what you mean mate but the site is on our side and they have to cop the flak from petty officialdom.
Go to the NIVA site and look under Londodnderry,, Fort George and you will see MY adventures with the bomb squad, remember the boat we REME ran on the river ?
Will try to ring you soon mate.

so it wasnt on the water very often then eh........

NO, the motoe kept breaking down and we were not allowed to touch it, had to be sent to base workshop and one time the Navy lads on the ship there DROPPED it on the jetty and knocked a hole in the bottom so it had to be sent away for repair.

.yeh yeh...... blame the navy.........

i spoke to Jacko in the morning before going to work, as events unfolded, the bomb squad asked to borrow him, he was HQ Bty cleark and regimental photographer and this was a different device so they wanted pics, we were all shocked when we heard the news but this is what the RCT driver of the Saracen told us.
They told him to back up to the wall where the device was and then stop, the left rear door was OPENED and Jacko was asked to lean out and take photos, as he did, BOOM. The left side of his head was blown away, all three bomb squad were injured, one of them lost an eye and the driver suffered blast effects which I know some about ( Belfast '71, another story ) he drove off, racing back to Fort George from where the injured were taken to hospital but Paul never made it.
If it was shrapnel through a hatch as the OFFICIAL report states, how did the others recieve injuries ? I believed the driver then and will go to my grave doing that.
I have NEVER doubted the courage of those who were in bomb disposal but am sure the report was 'doctored' as that door should never have been opened, it was the same three blokes we had been out with a week or so before, the Major had a 12bore loaded with solid shot and put some shots through the boats that were suspect to see what would happen, nothing did which is just as well as being in the boat we were wearing floatation vests and berets NOT flak jackets and helmets.
I can live with losing a mate although I felt some blame myself for over 30 years as I had not warned jacko about what to expect but I could not as I did not know he was going out with them untill too late, what bugs me is the doctoring of the report.

youve hit it on the head mucker...... most "official reports" were "doctored" and we know why........ but like yourself i always beleve the lad telling the story and who was there.........ok we know over the years the "stories" get extended,thats just a squaddie thing, but in no way are they altered ....................