EOD Gritten, Barry S.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gritten ​

• FORENAME

Barry S. ​

• UNIT

321 EOD Unit,Royal Army Ordnance Corps ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

20th June 1973 ​

• AGE

29 ​

• GRAVESITE

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Darlington,Co.Durham​

married​

born 16.1.1944​

graduated RMC Sandhurst​

killed by IRA bomb,Lecky Road,Londonderry city,Northern Ireland ​

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[senior8oh]

476528 Captain Barry Stanley Gritten killed in the early hours of 21 June 1973 while examining a large find of homemade explosives found in a Nissen hut near Lecky Road in Londonderry. RIP