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| SOLDIERS DETAILS | ||
| Soldiers Name: Frederick Armstrong |
Other Names: Charles |
Also Known As: |
| Marital Status: Married |
Age at Death: 54 |
Civilian Job: Chairman of Armagh District Council |
| SERVICE DETAILS | ||
| Enlistment
Date: 01/04/1970 |
Service No: 489402 |
Rank: Maj |
| 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: 14/11/1983 |
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| County: Armagh |
Location: Armagh |
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Details: Killed by an IRA bomb shortly after he left a meeting in the Palace Demesne in Armagh City. The car park was surrounded by a security fence but the IRA had managed to enter it and leave again undetected. After his death Sinn Fein stated that 'killing UDR members was perfectly legitimate in a state of war', and their President stated when asked his own willingness to kill UDR soldiers, 'If my role lay within the IRA and within an armed struggle I would have no compunction at all'. 136th UDR member to be killed and 14th officer. |
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