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| SOLDIERS DETAILS | ||
| Soldiers Name: Margaret Hearst |
Other Names: Ann |
Also Known As: |
| Marital Status: Single |
Age at Death: 24 |
Civilian Job: Clerk |
| SERVICE DETAILS | ||
| Enlistment
Date: 22/10/1973 |
Service No: F0448108 |
Rank: Pte |
| Regiment: UDR |
Battalion: 2 UDR |
Company: A Company |
| Service Type: Part Time |
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| DETAILS OF INCIDENT | ||
| On
or Off Duty: Off |
Date
of Death: 08/10/1977 |
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| County: Armagh |
Location: Middletown |
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Details: Shot by IRA gunmen who burst into her mobile home in the garden of her parents' house near Middletown. Her grandmother and brothers were held at gunpoint while her killers waited for her. Her three year old daughter was in the next room when the shooting took place and a bullet went through the toy she had been cuddling. Her father was killed by the IRA in 1980. 80th UDR soldier to be killed and 3rd female soldier. |
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