1972 Aldershot bombing - Wikipedia
WEBThe 1972 Aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the Official Irish Republican Army on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot, England. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the British Army 's 16th Parachute Brigade and was claimed as a …
Aldershot IRA Bombing: 50th anniversary memorial unveiled
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · The bombing in Aldershot was the first in a series of attacks by the IRA targeting British Army regiments serving in Northern Ireland at the time of the Bloody Sunday shootings, which...
Aldershot Garrison - Wikipedia
WEBOn 22 February 1972, Aldershot experienced one of the worst UK mainland IRA attacks of the time. Seven people, all civilian support staff, including cooks, cleaners, and a Catholic priest , were killed and 19 people were injured, in a car bomb attack on the 16th Parachute Brigade headquarters mess at Aldershot garrison.
Aldershot IRA Bombing: 'It's not the closure I would have liked'
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the 16th Parachute Brigade in Aldershot in the afternoon of 22 February 1972. Nineteen people were also injured in...
Aldershot bombing: The first IRA revenge attack against British …
WEBOn 22 February 1972, in Aldershot, the British Army's 16th Parachute Brigade came under attack from the Official IRA during a bombing at their headquarters in Montgomery Lines. Operatives from the Official IRA parked a light blue 1971 Ford Cortina containing a 280lb time bomb outside the officers' mess which exploded at 12:40pm.
Fifty years on: the Bloody Sunday revenge bomb that left seven dead
WEBFeb 21, 2022 · Aldershot was the first republican bomb attack in Britain during the Troubles. Outside republican circles, it provoked universal revulsion on both sides of the Irish Sea.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 22 | 1972: IRA bomb kills six at Aldershot …
WEBFive women and an army priest have been killed in an IRA bomb attack on the 16th Parachute Brigade headquarters at Aldershot, Hampshire. The Official IRA says the attack is in revenge for the...
Memorial unveiled 50 years after IRA bombing in Aldershot
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · An Army spokesman said: “At 12.15 on February 22 1972 the garrison town of Aldershot was rocked by a massive explosion as a Ford Cortina packed full of explosives detonated outside the...
Seven killed by IRA in Aldershot bombing remembered 50 years on
WEBFeb 21, 2022 · On Tuesday, February 22, 1972 seven people were killed by an IRA bomb in Aldershot. At around lunchtime, the Official IRA targeted the officers' mess at 16 Parachute Brigade Headquarters in Montgomery Lines with …
Memorial unveiled 50 years after IRA bombing in Aldershot
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Memorial unveiled 50 years after IRA bombing in Aldershot. Seven people were killed in the incident – the first IRA bombing on the British mainland. Ben Mitchell. Tuesday 22 February 2022 14:25...
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