Mr Pattrick Gillespie aged 42 a catholic civilian was tied into a van and forced by armed gunmen from the IRA to drive the van loaded with explosives to the permanent vehicle checkpoint in buncranna Road ,Coshquinn near Londonderry as the driver pulled into the checkpoint the van bomb was detonated killing Mr Gillespie along with five soldiers from the Kings Regiment this memorial stone was dedicated to the 5 men from the Kings Regiment who were murdered on 24th October 1990.
Kingsman Stephan Beacham Aged 20
L/Cpl Stephen Burrows Aged 30
Kingsman Vincent Scott Aged 21
Kingsman David Sweeney Aged 19
Kingsman Paul Worrall Aged 23
Mr Patrick Gillespie Aged 42
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god bless theirs and their familys souls i and other men served with the kingos after that sad day in 1990 me and some of my friends from the green howards came over to give a bit support for the kingos a good bunch of lads. it was a very sad place at v2.those murdering bastards the cowardly ira took away good men. rest in peace those brave kingos and their familys. people do care what happened,i wont ever forget v2 and what happened there. from a green howard to a kingsman take care
fitting comment it was hard but everyone plus more was there in that dark time
Lance Corporal Stephen Burrows was my wife’s son from her first marriage. It was a terrible day. They are together now, but I will never forget all the lads and lasses who gave their lives for the sake of peace in Northern Ireland. We and the other families went over to Londonderry a couple of months after the attack. Security was very tight, but we still managed to meet lots of locals of both religions, who were all very sympathetic and thankful for the job the boys were doing. We had tea with the lads of “D Company”, the Kings Regiment in Fort George in Londonderry before driving back to Belfast Airport. We only knew the people who looked after us by their first names, wherever they are now, they are stars! Mary the bus driver, Father Mike, and many others. Thank goodness there now seems to be peace in Ulster; fragile, maybe, but now at least young lads with their life ahead of them are not being murdered on the province’s streets. Good luck to all you guys who served there, it may not seem like it but there are many in this country who will ever recognise your efforts.
We Will Not Forget,
kingsmen charlesworth ex kingo
Remember the night and the days after and the funerals we did our job we should never forget
We will remember them