15/07/2026
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ง/๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฌ:
1971 โ Private Richard Barton (24)
2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment
Private Richard Barton was a 24-year-old single soldier serving with the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment. He was from London and had previously served in Hong Kong, Anguilla and Aden before his deployment to Northern Ireland.
On 14 July 1971, just after midnight, an IRA ambush was launched against his patrol in the Andersonstown area of Belfast. Three gunmen, armed with automatic weapons, opened sustained fire from a garden at Killeen Park as the patrol passed. Private Barton, who was driving the Land Rover, accelerated to provide cover for his comrades before being struck by a bullet that pierced both his flak jacket and the vehicle's armour, fatally wounding him in the right lung. More than 35 rounds were fired during the attack before the gunmen fled.
Private Richard Barton is remembered with honour for his courage, service and the ultimate sacrifice he made in the line of duty.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1972 โ Lieutenant Robert Watkin Williams-Wynn (24)
14th/20th Hussars
Lieutenant Robert Watkin Williams-Wynn was a 24-year-old single officer serving with the 14th/20th Hussars. He was from Oswestry, Shropshire, and his family home was at Plasyn-Cefn, Cefn in Denbighshire.
On 14 July 1972, in the aftermath of the collapse of the IRA ceasefire, Lieutenant Williams-Wynn was commanding an armoured car unit in Lenadoon, Belfast, where some of the fiercest gun battles of the Troubles were taking place. He was shot and killed by the IRA while attempting to flush out gunmen operating in the area.
Lieutenant Robert Watkin Williams-Wynn is remembered with honour for his leadership, service and sacrifice.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1972 โ Fusilier Kenneth Canham (24)
Royal Fusiliers
Fusilier Kenneth Canham was a 24-year-old single soldier serving with the Royal Fusiliers. He was from Newcastle upon Tyne and had served in the Army for four years.
On 14 July 1972, Fusilier Canham was killed by an IRA sniper in Lenadoon during the intense fighting that followed the collapse of the IRA ceasefire. He died close to where Lieutenant Robert Williams-Wynn had also been killed during the same outbreak of violence.
Fusilier Kenneth Canham is remembered with gratitude for his loyal service and the sacrifice he made in the line of duty.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1972 โ Driver Peter Heppenstall (20)
Royal Corps of Transport attached to 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales
Driver Peter Heppenstall was a 20-year-old single soldier from Hartlepool, County Durham, serving with the Royal Corps of Transport and attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Wales.
On 14 July 1972, Driver Heppenstall was killed by the IRA during a gun battle in the Ardoyne district of Belfast. His unit had been sent to flush out gunmen operating in the Alliance Avenue area. Shortly after taking up position, he was struck in the head by a high-velocity bullet and died almost instantly. At the inquest, the coroner described his death as the work of "mindless people who find some virtue in murder."
Driver Peter Heppenstall is remembered with honour for his service and the ultimate sacrifice he made.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1972 โ Jane McIntyre (64)
Civilian
Jane McIntyre was a 64-year-old married Protestant civilian from Highpark Drive in Belfast's Highfield estate.
On 14 July 1972, Mrs McIntyre was standing in the entrance of her home when she was struck by a bullet believed to have been fired by the IRA during an attack on an Army observation post at Vere Foster Primary School. Witnesses recalled hearing a single shot before seeing her collapse inside her home. Despite efforts to help her, she died from her injuries.
Jane McIntyre is remembered as an innocent victim whose life was tragically taken during the violence of the Troubles.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1984 โ Corporal Heather Kerrigan (20)
Ulster Defence Regiment
Corporal Heather Kerrigan was a 20-year-old member of the Ulster Defence Regiment from Kilclean Road, Castlederg.
On 14 July 1984, Corporal Kerrigan was one of two UDR members killed when a 200lb IRA landmine exploded beneath their patrol vehicle in the townland of Second Corgary, outside Castlederg. Although she was taken to hospital, she died from her injuries. Her brother, serving in another patrol, was seriously injured in the same explosion.
Corporal Heather Kerrigan is remembered with honour for her dedication, courage and sacrifice.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
1984 โ Private Norman McKinley (32)
Ulster Defence Regiment
Private Norman McKinley was a 32-year-old single member of the Ulster Defence Regiment from Breezemount Park, Castlederg.
On 14 July 1984, Private McKinley was killed instantly when a 200lb IRA landmine exploded beneath his patrol vehicle at Second Corgary, outside Castlederg. The attack also claimed the life of Corporal Heather Kerrigan and seriously injured several other members of the patrol.
Private Norman McKinley is remembered with honour for his loyal service and the sacrifice he made in the line of duty.
(Source: CAIN / Lost Lives)
๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฌ.
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