warrenpoint ambush

WARRENPOINT AMBUSH
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WARRENPOINT AMBUSH
The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, the Warrenpoint massacre or the Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The IRA's South Armagh Brigade ambushed a British Army convoy with two large roadside bombs at Narrow Water Castle outside Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. The first bomb was aimed at the convoy itself, and the second targeted the incoming reinforcements and the incident command point (ICP) set up to deal with the incident. IRA volunteers hidden in nearby woodland also allegedly fired on the troops, who returned fire. The castle is on the banks of the Newry River, which marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Eighteen British soldiers were killed and over twenty were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. An English civilian was also killed and an Irish civilian wounded, both by British soldiers firing across the border after the first blast. The attack happened on the same day that the IRA assassinated Lord Louis Mountbatten, a member of the British royal family.

Also see : https://www.paradata.org.uk/article/warrenpoint-27-august-1979

Those men killed in the first bomb explosion were:
Cpl.J.C.Giles. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
L/Cpl.C.G.Ireland. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Pte.G.I.Barnes. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Pte.J.A.Jones. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Pte.R.D.V.Jones. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Pte.M.Woods. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.

Those men wounded in the first bomb explosion were:
Pte.P.M.Burns. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Pte.T.Caughey. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.

Those men killed in the second bomb explosion were:
Maj.P.J.Fursman. O.C: A-Company, 2 PARA.
L/Cpl.D.F.Blair. O.C’s Radio Op, A-Company, 2 PARA.
W.O.II.W.Beard. Drum Major, Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Sgt.I.A.Rogers. Pl Sgt, Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Cpl.N.J.Andrews. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Cpl.L.Jones. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Pte.R.Dunn. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Pte.R.N.England. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Pte.T.R.Vance. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Pte.A.G.Wood. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Lt-Col.D.N.A.Blair. C.O: 1 QOHLDRS.
L/Cpl.V.MacLeod. C.O’s Radio Op, 1 QOHLDRS.

Those men wounded in the second bomb explosion were:
Cpl.N.H.Porter. 3 Platoon, A-Company, 2 PARA.
Cpl.S.J.Webb. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
Pte.M.J.Furrow. Medium Machine Gun Platoon, 2 PARA.
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  1. PARAS 2 Woods, Michael

    SURNAME Woods FORENAME Michael UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24464631 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 18 GRAVESITE Pleasington Cemetery,Blackburn,Lancashire Grave J100A (Family) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Lancashire born 15.4.1961 single killed by IRA...

  2. PARAS 2 Wood, Anthony George

    SURNAME Wood FORENAME Anthony George UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24428954 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 19 GRAVESITE Gunnesbury Cemetery,Acton,London Section CB Grave 199 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from London born 23.6.1960 single killed by IRA bomb...

  3. PARAS 2 Vance, Thomas Robert

    SURNAME Vance FORENAME Thomas Robert UNIT 2 Para RANK Private NUMBER 24246516 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Roselawn Cemetery,Crossnasgreevy,Belfast,Northern Ireland Family Grave ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Belfast,Northern Ireland born 5.7.1956 killed...

  4. PARAS 2 Rogers, Ian Albert

    SURNAME Rogers FORENAME Ian Albert UNIT 2 Para RANK Sergeant NUMBER 23972659 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 31 GRAVESITE Bishopstoke Cemetery,Hampshire Grave P256 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Hampshire born 11.7.1948 married killed by IRA bomb...

  5. PARAS 2 Vaughan-Jones, Robert Dylan

    SURNAME Vaughan-Jones FORENAME Robert Dylan UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24441381 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 18 GRAVESITE buried Corwen,Denbighshire ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Clwyd,Wales born 14.11.1960 single killed by IRA bomb...

  6. PARAS 2 Jones, Leonard

    SURNAME Jones FORENAME Leonard UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Corporal NUMBER 24154839 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 26 GRAVESITE St Michael's Churchyard,Manchester,Lancashire ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Manchester born 18.5.1953 married (1 daughter) killed by IRA...

  7. PARAS 2 Jones, Jeffrey Alan

    SURNAME Jones FORENAME Jeffrey Alan UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24464314 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 18 GRAVESITE Gwent Crematorium,Croesyceiliog,Cwmbran,Gwent,Wales ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Gwent born 22.4.1961 killed by IRA bomb...

  8. PARAS 2 Ireland, Christopher George (Chris)

    SURNAME Ireland FORENAME Christopher George (Chris) UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 24319796 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 24 GRAVESITE Bedford Cemetery,Bedford,Bedfordshire Section E Grave 1052 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 24.12.1954 married (1...

  9. PARAS 2 Giles, John Christian

    SURNAME Giles FORENAME John Christian UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Corporal NUMBER 24282818 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 22 GRAVESITE Durham Road Cemetery,Stockton-on-Tees,Cleveland Section K1 grave 4A ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Cheltenham,Gloucestershire born...

  10. PARAS 2 Fursman, Peter James

    SURNAME Fursman FORENAME Peter James UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Major NUMBER 480300 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 34 GRAVESITE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 7.12.1944 killed by IRA bomb Warrenpoint,Co.Down,Northern Ireland

  11. PARAS 2 England, Robert Nevis

    SURNAME England FORENAME Robert Nevis UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24329521 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Aldershot Military Cemetery,Hampshire Section C Grave 78 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Aldershot,Hampshire born 3.5.1956 married (1...

  12. PARAS 2 Dunn, Raymond

    SURNAME Dunn FORENAME Raymond UNIT 2 Para (A Company) RANK Private NUMBER 24372896 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 20 GRAVESITE Christchurch Burial Ground,Swindon,Wiltshire Lower Lawn Grave 94 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Swindon,Wiltshire born 23.6.1959 single killed...

  13. PARAS 2 Blair, Donald Ferguson

    SURNAME Blair FORENAME Donald Ferguson UNIT 2 Para RANK Lance Corporal NUMBER 24303123 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Falkirk Crematorium,Stirlingshire ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Strathclyde born 21.3.1956 killed by IRA bomb Warrenpoint,Co.Down,Northern...

  14. PARAS 2 Beard, Walter

    SURNAME Beard FORENAME Walter UNIT 2 Para RANK Sergeant (A/Warrant Officer Second Class) NUMBER 24005239 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 33 GRAVESITE Allum Lane Cemetery,Elstree,Borehamwood,Hertfordshire Section A Grave 281 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 30.7.1946 killed...

  15. PARAS 2 Barnes, Gary Ivan

    SURNAME Barnes FORENAME Gary Ivan UNIT 2 Para RANK Private NUMBER 24460214 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 18 GRAVESITE Ipswich Lawn Cemetery,Ipswich,Suffolk Section PA Grave 21205 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION from Ipswich,Suffolk born 12.6.1961 single killed by IRA bomb...

  16. PARAS 2 Andrews, Nicholas John

    SURNAME Andrews FORENAME Nicholas John UNIT 2 Para RANK Corporal NUMBER 24312985 DATE OF DEATH 27th August 1979 AGE 23 GRAVESITE Bromyard Cemetery,Herefordshire Section E Grave 56 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION born 6.12.1955 married killed by IRA bomb...
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