1991 List_of_attacks_on_the_Ulster_Defence_Regiment

a mobile patrol 2nd battalion subject of first recorded use of mk12 horizontal mortar on 1 march 1991. 2 soldiers killed result of attack. funeral of 1 of them, private paul sutcliffe, englishman, held in barrowford, lancashire - udr funeral held outside northern ireland. second casualty, private roger love, portadown died after 3 days. kidneys donated nhs.
at 11:30 pm on 31 may 1991 truck loaded 2,000 lb (1,100 kg) of new type of home made explosive rolled (driverless) down hill @ rear of barracks , crashed through perimeter fence, coming rest against corner of main building. blast left deep crater , heard on 30 miles away, far dundalk. 3 udr soldiers – paul blakely (30), robert crozier (46), sydney hamilton (44) – killed , ten wounded. 4 civilians wounded. provisional ira claimed responsibility 2 days later.




^ mckittrick p565
^ potter p350
^ oppenheimer, a.r. (2009). ira: bombs , bullets. dublin: irish academic press. p. 123. isbn 978-0-7165-2895-1. 
^ whitney, craig. i.r.a. says planted truck bomb killed 3 . new york times, 2 june 1991.