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Martin Watters

1964 - 1991
Exact Date of Death
24 August 1991
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Recorded Details

Age
27
Location
County Antrim.

Circumstances

Watters, Martin (27) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Found beaten to death, in River Lagan, by Queen's Road, Lisburn, County Antrim.

Killed in the same year as 94 others - View all victims of 1991

Sources

This record is compiled from the following historical datasets:

• CAIN Sutton Index of Deaths (Ulster University)
• The McKeown Troubles Deaths Database

A Troubled Land has combined these sources into a single unified archive in order to preserve, verify and present the historical record of those killed during the conflict.

Where differences exist between datasets, the original source material has been preserved.

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