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Roll of Honour

 SOLDIERS DETAILS
Soldiers Name:
  Ronald Finlay
Other Names:
 Marshall Atcheson
Also Known As:
 
Marital Status: 
 Married
Age at Death:  
 47
Civilian Job:  
 Farm Labourer
  SERVICE DETAILS
Enlistment Date: 
  06/03/1970
Service No: 
  24205282  
Rank: 
Cpl
Regiment:  
 UDR 
Battalion:  
 6 UDR 
Company:  
 B Company 
Service Type: 
 EX PT
   
DETAILS OF INCIDENT
On or Off Duty: 
  NA
Date of Death: 
 15/08/1991
County:   
  Tyrone
Location: 
  Sion Mills

Details: 
 Shot by the IRA as he got out of his car to go to work on the farm he had worked at for thirty years. His wife and sons, aged ten and two years witnessed the attack. The gunmen had taken over the farm, holding the owner and his brother bound and gagged and opened fire from an upstairs window. They shot out the tyres on the Finlay's car before escaping in the farmer's car. Ronnie's brother Winston was killed by the IRA in 1987. Ronnie served in the Ulster Special Constabulary. Left the Regiment in 1988 - 55th ex UDR member to be killed.
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