14 March 1976: Nicholas White, 31-year-old civilian, married with 1 child, a labourer and a community worker was working at the community centre in Ardoyne on 13 March and was shot by the IRA and died in hospital. When Mr White opened the door of the club, he was immediately shot in the head and chest with a handgun. He died 13 hours after being rushed to the Mater Hospital. Mr white had no chance to use his legally held hand gun to defend himself. Mr White was a former soldier with the Queens Regiment and was married to a Belfast woman. He returned to Northern Ireland to work as a bricklayer and was heavily involved in community work. He was well known as Nick the Brit in the area. He was particularly involved in youth work and was killed as he was running a Saturday evening disco. Mr White lived in Squires Hill in Ligoniel. He was buried at Carnmoney Cemetery after a funeral service at Holy Trinity Church in Ballysillan. A 21-year-old Ardoyne man was given 5 life sentences in March 1979 for Mr Whites murder and 3 other murders. As the judge handed down the sentence, the man turned his back on the judge and gave a clenched fist salute to relatives when he was led from the court. LEST WE FORGET!
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:06:19 +0000
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