And if anyone can remember where and what they were doing in 1972, well this is what the British Army were unfortunately doing during that awful year. British Army Roll of Honour 1972 Extrapolated from the comprehensive ROH in ‘Bloody Belfast’ History Press, 2009. 14/20 Kings Hussars and 15/19 Kings Royal Hussars 2ND LT ROBERT WILLIAMS-WYNN 13/07/72: Shot by IRA sniper in West Belfast. 5 Regiment Army Air Corps SGT I C REID 24/06/72: IRA landmine, Glenshane Pass, Co Antrim L/CPL D MOON 24/06/72: Killed in same incident Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders L/CPL DUNCAN MCPHEE 10/09/72: IRA landmine Dungannon PTE DOUGLAS RICHMOND 10/09/72: Killed in same incident L/CPL WILLIAM MCINTYRE 11/09/72: DOW from same incident 2nd LT STEWART GARDINER 22/09/72: Shot by IRA sniper Drumuckavall, Armagh PTE DAVID HARPER 12/11/72: Killed by passing train whilst on patrol CAPT WILLIAM WATSON 20/11/72: IRA booby trap Cullyhanna C/SGT JAMES STRUTHERS 20/11/72: Killed in the same incident PTE JOHN McGARRY 28/11/72: Friendly fire Army Catering Corps PTE ROGER KEALEY 18/06/72: Cause of death unknown Coldstream Guards SGT ANTHONY METCALF 27/08/72: IRA sniper Creggan Heights, Londonderry Devon & Dorset Regiment PTE CHARLES STENTIFORD 21/01/72: IRA landmine, Keady, Co Armagh PTE DAVID CHAMP 10/02/72: IRA landmine, Cullyhanna, Co Armagh SGT IAN HARRIS 10/02/72: Killed in same incident Duke Of Wellington’s Regiment PTE GEORGE LEE 6/06/72: IRA sniper, Ballymurphy Estate, Belfast CPL TERRENCE GRAHAM 16/07/72: Landmine attack, Crossmaglen PTE JAMES LEE 16/07/72: Killed in same incident Duke Of Wellington’s Regiment PTE GEORGE LEE 6/06/72: IRA sniper, Ballymurphy Estate, Belfast CPL TERRENCE GRAHAM 16/07/72: Landmine attack, Crossmaglen PTE JAMES LEE 16/07/72: Killed in same incident Gloucestershire Regiment PTE KEITH BRYAN 5/01/72: IRA sniper, Lower Falls area, Belfast CPL IAN BRAMLEY 2/02/72: IRA sniper Hastings Street RUC station, Belfast. Gordon Highlanders WO2 ARTHUR MCMILLAN 18/06/72: Booby-trapped house in Lurgan, Co Down SGT IAN MARK MUTCH 18/06/72: Killed in same incident L/CPL COLIN LESLIE 18/06/72: Killed in same incident L/CPL A.C. HARPER 8/08/72: RTA Kings Own Royal Border Regiment PRIVATE GEORGE P RIDDING 10/05/72: Died of natural causes after being taken ill. King’s Own Scottish Borderers L/CPL PETER DEACON SIME 7/04/72: IRA sniper, Ballymurphy Est. Belfast L/CPL BARRY GOLD 24/04/72: DoW after gun battle at VCP in Belfast C/SGT HENRY S. MIDDLEMASS 10/12/72: IRA booby trap, Turf Lodge, Belfast Kings Regiment CPL ALAN BUCKLEY 13/05/72: Shot on Turf Lodge, Belfast PTE EUSTACE HANLEY 23/05/72: IRA sniper Ballymurphy Estate PTE MARCEL DOGLAY 30/05/72: IRA bomb, Springfield Road, Belfast PTE JAMES JONES 18/07/72: IRA sniper, New Barnsley, Belfast PTE BRIAN THOMAS 24/07/72: IRA sniper, New Barnsley, Belfast PTE RENNIE LAYFIELD 18/08/72: IRA sniper, Falls Road, Belfast PTE ROY CHRISTOPHER 30/08/72: DoW after bomb attack, Cupar St ,Belfast Light Infantry 1st Battalion PTE. RICHARD JONES 18/08/72: Shot by sniper in West Belfast PTE. R ROWE 28/08/72: Shot accidentally in Ardoyne, Belfast PTE. TA STOKER 19/09/72: DoW after accidental shooting in Berwick Road, Ardoyne PTE. T RUDMAN 30/09/72: Shot in Ardoyne, Belfast 2nd Battalion SGT. ARTHUR WHITELOCK 24/08/72: IRA sniper in Londonderry Parachute Regiment FATHER GERRY WESTON, MBE 22/02/72: Killed in IRA bomb outrage, Aldershot PTE. Anthony KELLY 18/03/72: Killed in accident, Holywood, Co Down PTE. CHRISTOPHER STEPHENSON 24/06/72: IRA landmine, Glenshane Pass, Londonderry PTE. FRANK T BELL 20/09/72: DoW after being shot on Ballymurphy Estate, Belfast Queens Lancashire Regiment PTE STEPHEN KEATING 3/03/72: IRA sniper, Manor Street, West Belfast Queens Regiment PTE RICHARD SINCLAIR 31/10/72: IRA sniper New Lodge, Belfast PTE STANLEY EVANS 14/11/72: IRA sniper Unity Flats complex, West Belfast Royal Anglian Regiment 2/LT NICHOLAS HULL 16/04/72: IRA sniper Divis Street flats, Belfast PTE JOHN BALLARD 11/05/72: IRA sniper, Sultan St. Lower Falls, Belfast L/CPL MARTIN ROONEY 12/07/72: IRA sniper Clonnard St., Lower Falls, Belfast CPL KENNETH MOGG 13/07/72: IRA sniper Dunville Park, Belfast L/CPL JOHN BODDY 17/08/72: IRA sniper, Grosvenor Road area of Belfast CPL JOHN BARRY 25/09/72: DoW after gun battle Lower Falls, Belfast PTE IAN BURT 29/09/72: IRA sniper Albert Street, Lower Falls, Belfast PTE ROBERT MASON 24/10/72: IRA sniper Naples St, Grosvenor Rd, Belfast Royal Army Medical Corps PTE DENNIS ‘TAFFY’ PORTER 24/04/72: Violent or unnatural causes Royal Army Pay Corps PTE MICHAEL PRIME 16/02/72: Shot in ambush at Moira roundabout near Lisburn Royal Army Ordinance Corps PTE T F McCANN 14/02/72: Abducted and murdered by the IRA, Newtownbutler SSGT. C R CRACKNELL 15/03/72: IRA booby trap, Grosvenor Road, Belfast SSGT. A S BUTCHER 15/03/72: Killed in same incident MAJOR B C CALLADENE 29/03/72: IRA car bomb outside Belfast City Hall CAPTAIN J H YOUNG 15/07/72: Defusing IRA bomb, Silverbridge near Forkhill WO2. WJ CLARK 3/08/72: Defusing IRA bomb at Strabane SGT. R E HILLS 5/12/72: Attempting to make live shell safe, Lurgan Royal Artillery L/BOMB ERIC BLACKBURN 10/04/72: Killed in bomb attack, Rosemount Avenue, L/BOMB BRIAN THOMASSON 10/04/72: Killed In same incident GNR VICTOR HUSBAND 2/06/72: IRA landmine, Rosslea, Co Fermanagh GNR BRIAN ROBERTSON 2/06/72: Killed in the same incident SGT CHARLES COLEMAN 7/06/72: IRA sniper, Andersonstown, Belfast GUNNER WILLIAM RAISTRICK 11/06/72: IRA sniper Brooke Park, Londonderry BOMBARDIER TERRENCE JONES 11/07/72: Shot by IRA, Londonderry GNR LEROY GORDON 7/08/72: IRA landmine, Lisnaskea, Co Fermanagh L/BOMB DAVID WYNNE 7/08/72: Killed in same incident MAJOR DAVID STORRY 14/08/72: Booby trap, Casement Park, Andersonstown GUNNER ROBERT CUTTING 03/09/72: Killed in friendly fire incident, New Lodge S/SGT JOHN GARDNER CRAIG 15/09/72: RTA GNR PAUL JACKSON 28/11/72: Hit by bomb shrapnel, Strand Road, Londonderry Royal Corps Transport DRIVER STEPHEN BEEDIE 26/03/72: RTA DRIVER LAURENCE JUBB 26/04/72: Killed in vehicle crash after mob attack, Armagh L/CPL MICHAEL BRUCE 31/05/72: IRA sniper Andersonstown, Belfast S/SGT JOSEPH FLEMING (TA) 9/07/72: Shot dead by IRA in Grosvenor Road area of Belfast DRIVER PETER HEPPENSTALL 14/07/72: IRA sniper Ardoyne area of Belfast DRIVER STEPHEN COOPER 21/07/72: IRA car bomb on ‘Bloody Friday’ Belfast DRIVER RONALD KITCHEN 10/11/72: IRA sniper at VCP in Old Park Road, Belfast Royal Dragoon Guards TROOPER GEOFFREY KNIPE 7/08/72: Armoured vehicle crashed after mob attack, Armagh Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers SGT STUART C REID 24/06/72: IRA milk churn bombs at Glenshane Pass, L/CPL D MOON 24/06/72: Killed in same incident CFN BRIAN HOPE 14/08/72: IRA booby trap Casement Park, Andersonstown, Belfast L/CPL COLIN HARKER 24/12/72: DoW; was shot by IRA sniper Lecky Road, Londonderry Royal Engineers SAPPER RONALD HURST 17/05/72: IRA sniper whilst working on base Crossmaglen S/SGT MALCOLM BANKS 28/06/72: Shot by IRA Short Strand area of Belfast SAPPER EDWARD STUART 2/10/72: Shot whilst working undercover,Belfast Royal Green Jackets MAJOR ROBIN ALERS-HANKEY 30/01/72: DoW after being shot in Bogside area of RFN JOHN TAYLOR 20/03/72: IRA sniper, William Street, Londonderry RFN JAMES MEREDITH 26/06/72: Shot in Abercorn Road, Londonderry L/CPL DAVID CARD 4/08/72: Killed by IRA gunman in Andersonstown, Belfast CPL IAN MORRILL 28/08/72: IRA sniper in Beechmount Avenue, Belfast RFN DAVID GRIFFITHS 30/08/72: IRA sniper, Clonnard Street, Lower Falls, Belfast L/CPL IAN GEORGE 10/09/72: Thought to have been shot by an IRA sniper, Belfast RFN RAYMOND JOESBURY 8/12/72: DoW after being shot in Whiterock, Belfast Royal Horse Guards L/COH KEITH CHILLINGWORTH 14/06/72: RTA Royal Irish Rangers RANGER WILLIAM J. BEST 21/05/72: Abducted and murdered by IRA when on home leave RANGER THOMAS MCGANN 26/05/72: RTA Royal Marine Commandos 40 Cdo MARINE LEONARD ALLEN 26/07/72: Shot by IRA, Unity Flats, Belfast MARINE ANTHONY DAVID 17/10/72: DoW after being shot by IRA on Falls Road Royal Pioneer Corps PTE IRWIN BOWEN 2/08/72: RTA Royal Regiment Fusiliers FUSILIER. K CANHAM 14/07/72: IRA sniper in Lenadoon FUSILIER. ALAN P TINGEY 23/08/72: IRA sniper, West Belfast CPL. JOHN L DAVIS 15/09/72: Shot by IRA in Bogside, Londonderry FUS TERRY THOMAS 25/01/72: Cause of death unknown Royal Regiment of Wales L/CPL JOHN HILLMAN 18/05/72: IRA sniper Flex Street Mill, Ardoyne, Belfast L/CPL ALAN GILES 12/06/72: Shot in gun battle with IRA, Ardoyne, Belfast PTE BRIAN SODEN 19/06/72: IRA sniper in Ardoyne, Belfast PTE DAVID MEEK 13/07/72: IRA sniper, Hooker Street, Ardoyne, Belfast PTE JOHN WILLIAMS 14/07/72: Killed in gun battle with IRA, Ardoyne Royal Scots Dragoon Guards TROOPER IAN CAIE 24/08/72: IRA landmine attack at Crossmaglen Royal Welsh Fusiliers CPL GERALD BRISTOW 16/04/72: IRA sniper Bishops Street, Londonderry FUSILIER KERRY MCCARTHY 21/06/72: IRA sniper Victoria RUC station, Londonderry Scots Guards GUARDSMAN JOHN VAN-BECK 18/09/72: DoW after being shot by IRA, Lecky Road, Derry GUARDSMAN GEORGE LOCKHART 26/09/72: DoW after being shot by IRA, Bogside L/SGT THOMAS MCKAY 28/10/72: IRA sniper, Bishop Street, Londonderry Staffordshire Regiment S/SGT JOHN MORRELL 24/10/72: DoW after IRA booby trap, Drumargh, Armagh Ulster Defence Regiment 2nd Battalion SERGEANT HARRY D. DICKSON 27/02/72: Murdered by the IRA at his home 3rd Battalion L/CPL JOE JARDINE 8/03/72: Shot by IRA whilst working CPL JIM D. ELLIOTT 19/04/72: Abducted and murdered by IRA C/SGT JOHN RUDDY 10/10/72: Shot by IRA on his way to work 4th Battalion PTE JOHNNY FLETCHER 1/03/72: Abducted and murdered by IRA L/CPL HARRY CREIGHTON 7/08/72: Murdered by IRA at his house near Monaghan PTE JIMMY. E. EAMES 25/08/72: IRA booby trapped car at Enniskillen L/CPL ALFIE JOHNSTON 25/08/72: Killed in same incident PTE TOMMY. R. BULLOCK 21/09/72: Murdered along with his wife at their home PTE J. ROBIN BELL 22/10/72: Shot by IRA whilst with his father 5th Battalion PTE THOMAS CALLAGHAN 16/02/72: Abducted and murdered in the Creggan, Londonderry PTE SAMUEL PORTER 22/11/72: Shot and killed by the IRA as he walked home PTE GEORGE E. HAMILTON 20/12/72: Shot by the IRA as he worked on repairs at a reservoir 6th Battalion PTE TED MEGAHEY 9/06/72: DoW after IRA shooting PTE WILLIAM J. BOGLE 5/12/72: Murdered in his car as he sat with his children 8th Battalion L/CPL HENRY GILLESPIE 20/05/72: Shot by IRA patrolling near Dungannon PTE FRED D. GREEVES 15/12/72: Shot by IRA as he left work in Armagh 9th Battalion SGT MAYNARD CRAWFORD 13/01/72: Shot as he waited in a car at Newtownabbey CPL ROY STANTON 9/06/72: Shot by IRA as he drove home PTE HENRY J. RUSSELL 13/07/72: Abducted, tortured and shot by IRA 10th Battalion PTE SAMUEL TRAINOR 20/03/72: IRA bomb, Belfast city centre PTE ROBERT MCCOMB 23/07/72: Abducted and murdered by IRA in Belfast PTE TERENCE MAGUIRE 14/10/72: Abducted and murdered in Belfast 11th Battalion L/CPL VICTOR SMYTH 6/09/72: IRA bomb underneath his car, in Portadown UDR (Battalion Unknown) PTE THOMAS MOFFETT 26/02/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE GEORGE CURRAN 12/03/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE DONALD KANE 4/04/72: Cause of death Unknown CPL BRIAN HERON 18/05/72: Cause of death Unknown CPL SIDNEY HUSSEY 20/05/72: Cause of death Unknown SGT WILLIAM REID 28/05/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE WILLIAM WILKINSON 12/07/72: Cause of death Unknown MAJOR ERIC BEAUMONT 25/07/72: Cause of death Unknown CPL ALBERT JOHNSTON 1/08/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE ANDREW SIMPSON 18/09/72: RTA PTE THOMAS OLPHERT 6/10/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE EDMUND SIMPSON 10/10/72: Cause of death Unknown PTE ROBERT MCKEOWN 13/10/72: RTA SGT WILLIAM CALDERWOOD 15/10/72: Cause of death unknown MAJ JOHN MUNNIS 16/10/72: RTA PTE THOMAS BOYD 28/12/72: Cause of death unknown The following UDR Soldiers were killed in accidents; places unknown: WO2 BERNARD ADAMSON 31/05/72 PTE GEORGE ELLIOTT 26/06/72 PTE WILLIAM HAMILTON 4/08/72 PTE KENNETH TWADDELL 5/08/72 Welsh Guards SGT PHILIP PRICE 21/07/72: IRA car bomb on ‘Bloody Friday’ Worcester & Sherwood Foresters PTE MARTIN ROBINSON 16/04/72: Killed by IRA, Brandywell base, Londonderry. The Roll of Honour for 1972 is alphabetically by Regiment. Civilian deaths of Army staff or families are not included in the total of 172 Army Civilian Personnel Killed in Aldershot IRA bomb outrage 22/02/72 THELMA BOSLEY JOAN LUNN MARGARET GRANT JILL MANSFIELD JOHN HASLAR CHERIE MUNTON LEST WE FORGET.
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