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I think we need to highlight Warrenpoint. A day that should NEVER be forgotten by any Paratrooper. It is important we remember our brothers who didn’t come home.
27 August 1979
The Warrenpoint ambush cost the lives of 16 men from 2 PARA and 2 men from The Queen's Own Highlanders. 5 were very critically injured not to mention mental trauma in two bomb blasts.
In a carefully organised attack the Provisional IRA first blew up a parked trailer on a dual carriageway running parallel with Carlingford Lough as the convoy of Para Reg passed by. Six were killed in the initial blast.
The PIRA had anticipated where 2 PARA would set up their hasty command centre, behind a nearby wall. As the men moved into cover they moved within range of a second concealed 800lb bomb. The second blast half an hour after the first, killed twelve more soldiers.
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 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.
This is regimental history that we should not ignore. Remember them.
27 August 1979
The Warrenpoint ambush cost the lives of 16 men from 2 PARA and 2 men from The Queen's Own Highlanders. 5 were very critically injured not to mention mental trauma in two bomb blasts.
In a carefully organised attack the Provisional IRA first blew up a parked trailer on a dual carriageway running parallel with Carlingford Lough as the convoy of Para Reg passed by. Six were killed in the initial blast.
The PIRA had anticipated where 2 PARA would set up their hasty command centre, behind a nearby wall. As the men moved into cover they moved within range of a second concealed 800lb bomb. The second blast half an hour after the first, killed twelve more soldiers.
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 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.
This is regimental history that we should not ignore. Remember them.