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| SOLDIERS DETAILS | ||
| Soldiers Name: John Proctor |
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| Marital Status: Married |
Age at Death: 25 |
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| SERVICE DETAILS | ||
| Enlistment
Date: 20/10/1975 |
Service No: 24377625 |
Rank: Pte |
| Regiment: UDR |
Battalion: 5 UDR |
Company: G Company |
| Service Type: EX FT |
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| DETAILS OF INCIDENT | ||
| On
or Off Duty: NA |
Date
of Death: 14/09/1981 |
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| County: Londonderry |
Location: Magherafelt |
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Details: Shot by IRA gunmen as he visited his wife and their new born baby boy in hospital. His wife, with the baby in her arms, was waving to him through the ward window and witnessed his death. Earlier that day he had served as a pallbearer at the funeral of his friend and neighbour Alan Clarke, a UDR soldier killed by the IRA. The baby was named after his father. (RUCR when killed). Left the Regiment in 1979 - 25th ex UDR soldier to be killed. |
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