John Giles

Recorded Details

Circumstances

Giles, John (22) British Army (BA), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in two remote controlled bomb attacks at Narrow Water, near Warrenpoint, County Down. The first bomb was left in parked lorry and detonated when British Army (BA) lorry passed. The second bomb was left in a nearby Gate Lodge and detonated when British Army (BA) reinforcements arrived at the scene of the first explosion.

Sources

This record is compiled from the following historical datasets:

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

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