| 释义 |
- 1974
- 1975
- 1977
- 1980
- 1984
- 1993
- References
The Troubles in Forkhill recounts incidents during, and the effects of, the Troubles in Forkhill (or Forkill), County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Incidents in Forkhill during the Troubles: 1974- 10 March 1974 - Michael McCreesh (15) and Michael Gallagher (18), both Catholic civilians, were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) booby trap bomb hidden in an abandoned car and intended for a British Army foot patrol, Dromintee, near Forkhill. Gallagher died on 14 March 1974.[1]
- 14 December 1974 - David McNeice (19), a Protestant member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and Michael Gibson (20), a member of the British Army, were shot dead by IRA snipers while on joint foot patrol, Killeavy, near Forkhill. Gibson died on 30 December 1974.[1]
1975- 17 July 1975 - Peter Willis (37), Edward Garside (34), Robert McCarter (33) and Calvert Brown (25), all members of the British Army, were killed near Forkhill by a Provisional Irish Republican Army remote-controlled bomb, hidden in a milk churn and detonated when their search patrol passed.[2] On 10 July, British soldiers had seen an apparent suspect explosive device near Forkhill and kept it under observation until 17 July, when a patrol went to deal with it. On approach, an explosive was detonated from a distance. RIC (photographic aerial reconnaissance) had been flown that morning but ground mist obscured the remote wire. As well as the four soldiers killed, another was seriously wounded. A man was arrested and appeared in court charged with murder.[3]
1977- 14 May 1977 - Robert Nairac (29), undercover British Army officer, was abducted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army outside the Three Step Inn, Dromintee, near Forkhill and presumed killed.[4] His body was never recovered and he is listed as one of the 'Disappeared'. He was posthumously awarded the George Cross.[5] Several men have been imprisoned for his murder.
1980- 1 January 1980 - Simon Bates (23) and Gerald Hardy (18), both British soldiers, were shot dead in error, by other British soldiers while setting up an ambush position near Forkhill.[6]
1984- 31 January 1984 - William Savage (27) and Thomas Bingham (29), both Protestant members of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army land mine attack on their armoured patrol car, near Forkhill.[7]
1993- 17 March 1993 - Lawrence Dickson (26), a member of the British Army, was shot and killed by an IRA sniper while on foot patrol along Bog Road, Forkhill[8][9]
References1. ^1 {{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1974|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1974.html|accessdate=2 September 2006}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1975|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1975.html|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Northern Ireland, Forkhill explosions|work=House of Lords Hansard, 21 July 1975 vol 363 cc30-6|url=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1975/jul/21/northern-ireland-forkhill-explosions|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1977|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1977.html|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=A Chronology of the Conflict, 1977|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch77.htm|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1980|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1980.html|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1984|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1984.html|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
8. ^McKittrick, David; Seamus Kelters, Brian Feeney, Chris Thornton (2000). Lost Lives. Mainstream Publishing, p. 1314; {{ISBN|1-84018-227-X}}
9. ^{{cite web|title=Sutton Index of Deaths, 1993|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1993.html|accessdate=5 December 2011}}
1 : The Troubles in County Armagh |