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Roll of Honour

 SOLDIERS DETAILS
Soldiers Name:
  David Sterritt
Other Names:
 
Also Known As:
 
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
   
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
On or Off Duty: 
  NA
Date of Death: 
 24/07/1990
County:   
  Armagh
Location: 
  Armagh

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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