S+J+BAGSHAW

Bagshaw, Steven, Lance Corporal, 24464116, Cheshire Regiment Born 3rd August 1961 Died 6th December 1982 aged 21 Buried in Glossop Cemetery, Derbyshire

Information from the Palace Barracks Memorial Garden, Holywood, Co. Down, Northern Ireland, website: [|www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.co.uk/archive/Cheshire Regiment.htm]

L/Cpl Steven Bagshaw (21), L/Cpl Clinton Collins (20), L/Cpl Philip McDonough (26), Pte David Murrey (18), Pte Steven Smith (24), Pte Neil Williams (18), Pte Anthony Williamson (21), and L/Cpl David Wilson-Stitt (27)

While the above young soldiers were enjoying a night off at the local disco which was being held at the Dropin Well Public House, Ballykelly, County Londonderry, on the 6th December 1982 just before Christmas, a time bomb which had been planted by INLA exploded in the confined space of the Disco, killing 11 soldiers and 6 civilians, 8 of whom were serving in the 1st Battalion the Cheshire Regiment. INLA planted the bomb knowing it would also kill civilians, Protestant and Catholic.


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