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| SOLDIERS DETAILS | ||
| Soldiers Name: David Sterritt |
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| Marital Status: Single |
Age at Death: 34 |
Civilian Job: Factory Joiner |
| SERVICE DETAILS | ||
| Enlistment
Date: 29/11/1973 |
Service No: 24308684 |
Rank: Pte |
| Regiment: UDR |
Battalion: 2 UDR |
Company: B Company |
| Service Type: EX PT |
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| DETAILS OF INCIDENT | ||
| On
or Off Duty: NA |
Date
of Death: 24/07/1990 |
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| County: Armagh |
Location: Armagh |
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Details: One of three RUC officers and a nun killed by an IRA landmine which exploded on the Killylea Road. The policemen were in an unmarked police car and the nun was in a car going in the opposite direction. Another woman was injured. The bomb left a crater thirty feet wide and twenty feet deep. The bomb was detonated by a command wire from a house where a family had been held captive for more than twenty four hours. (RUCR when killed). Left the Regiment in 1981- 50th ex UDR soldier to be killed. |
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