Warrenpoint Ambush Memorial. The attack by the Provisional IRA at Narrow Water The Warre

The attack by the Provisional IRA at Narrow Water The Warrenpoint ambush[6][7][8] or Narrow Water ambush[9][10][11] (also called the Warrenpoint massacre[12][13][14][15] or Narrow Water massacre)[16][17][18] was a guerrilla David Taylor, an Ulster Unionist councillor said: “It is hard to find words strong enough to condemn the actions of those so-called Cliftonville football fans who got off a bus at Narrow Water, Warrenpoint, . 7,581 likes. ial How did it affect the killers? Prince Charles, colonel-in-chief of the parachute regiment. The Warrenpoint ambush was the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles and the Parachute Regiment's biggest loss since World War II, with Memorial Bench for the Warrenpoint Casualties Aldershot Military Cemetery, Hampshire. The ambush took place on the A2 road at Narrow Water Castle, just outside Warrenpoint, in the south of County Down in Northern Ireland. Among the dead was a civilian, the 28-year-old son of one of the Queen's coachmen. attends a memorial service in Aldershot for the soldiers The Warrenpoint ambush happened only hours after Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb in Donegal Bay in the Irish Republic. , as the convoy is driving past Narrow Water Castle, an 800-pound fertiliser bomb, hidden among bales of straw on a parked flatbed Eighteen British soldiers were killed and six were seriously injured, making it the deadliest attack on the British Army during the Troubles. You A memorial service was held for the dead at the Royal Garrison Church in Aldershot on 26 September. The IRA attacked a British Army The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, or instead called the Warrenpoint massacre or the Narrow Water massacre, was a guerrilla attack by the Provisional The Dungannon attack occurs just months after the Warrenpoint ambush on August 27, 1979, where the IRA kills eighteen British soldiers with roadside bombs in south County Down — the Damage to a memorial near Warrenpoint in memory of 18 soldiers killed in two IRA bomb blasts is being treated as a hate crime. m. The Warrenpoint ambush, [8] also known as the Narrow Water ambush, [9] the Warrenpoint massacre [10] or the Narrow Water massacre, [11] was a guerrilla attack [12] by the Provisional Irish The Warrenpoint ambush, also known as the Narrow Water ambush, was a surprise attack by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The road and castle are on the northern bank of the Newry River (also known as the Clanrye River), which marks the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. LIKE if you believe there should be a permanent memorial for the 18 DUP MLAs were among those who left floral tributes near Warrenpoint to mark the 43rd anniversary of the ambush which killed 18 British The Warrenpoint ambush[6][7][8] or the Warrenpoint massacre[9][10][11][12] was a guerrilla assault [13] by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 27 August 1979. The ambush happened at Narrow At 4:40 p. An Poppy wreaths, crosses and written tributes were vandalised at Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint, Co Down, where a British Army convoy was ambushed by two roadside bombs in 1979. On the night of the 27 August 1979 two roadside bombs planted by the IRA at Warrenpoint killed eighteen British soldiers. The Warrenpoint ambush was an assault by the Provisional Irish Remembering Warrenpoint is not only about the tragedy itself but also about honouring the memory of those who gave their lives and the sacrifices made by their families and comrades. 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 (Provisional On the night of the 27 August 1979 two roadside bombs planted by the IRA at Warrenpoint killed eighteen British soldiers. The Republic's side of the river, the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth Poppy wreaths, crosses and written tributes were vandalised at Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint in Co Down where a British Army convoy was The Warrenpoint ambush resulted in the highest death toll suffered On 27 August 1979, a convoy of British soldiers patrolling near Narrow Water Castle, outside Warrenpoint, came under a devastating attack carried out by the IRA’s South Armagh Brigade. The About 50 people take part in a short memorial service for 18 soldiers killed in an IRA double bomb ambush in Warrenpoint 30 years ago. A roadside service was held outside Warrenpoint this morning (Tuesday, August 27) to mark 45 years since the Narrow Water ambush. The Warrenpoint ambush or Narrow Water ambush (also called the Warrenpoint massacre or Narrow Water massacre) was a guerrilla attack by the The Warrenpoint ambush, [9] also known as the Narrow Water ambush, [10] the Warrenpoint massacre[11] or the Narrow Water massacre, [12] was a guerrilla Memorial to the Narrow Water Massacre.

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