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| SOLDIERS DETAILS | ||
| Soldiers Name: Eric Smyth |
Other Names: Samuel William |
Also Known As: |
| Marital Status: Married |
Age at Death: 40 |
Civilian Job: Water Service Worker |
| SERVICE DETAILS | ||
| Enlistment
Date: 26/02/1972 |
Service No: 24280420 |
Rank: Pte |
| Regiment: UDR |
Battalion: 2 UDR |
Company: A Company |
| Service Type: EX PT |
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| DETAILS OF INCIDENT | ||
| On
or Off Duty: NA |
Date
of Death: 28/04/1994 |
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| County: Armagh |
Location: Salters Grange, Armagh |
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Details: Shot by the IRA as he arrived home. Two gunmen waited behind a hedge opposite his house and fired nineteen rounds at his van when it stopped. Eric's 97 year old father and 15 year old daughter heard the shooting. Eric had been medically discharged after eighteen years service. The IRA wrongly claimed that he was a serving R IRISH soldier. Left the Regiment in 1990 - 60th ex UDR soldier to be killed. |
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