Killed in gun battle between undercover British Army members and Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, Dunloy, near Ballymoney, County Antrim.
Sgt Paul Oram, MM MID
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Published On: 26th February 1976
Stabbed to death by the IRA near his home. His throat had been cut twice. He had been staying with neighbours to avoid attack but was killed when he went home to feed his dog. The terrorists left a booby trap device to kill members of the Security Forces arriving at the scene. Fortunately it was detonated by livestock. His Continue Reading
Published On: 26th February 2010
Sergeant Fox was killed by an improvised explosive device while on a foot patrol in southern Nad ‘Ali, Helmand province. Sergeant Paul Fox Sergeant Paul Fox, from St Ives, was born in Manchester on 16 December 1975. He joined the Army and entered the Corps of Royal Engineers in August 1994 and was trained as a Combat Engineer and Welder Continue Reading
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Sgt Paul Oram was in fact Sgt Paul Oram MM. Could this be changed please? Thank you.
Roy, can you provide some evidence for this request? I have checked The London Gazette and see no record.
It’s shown on his headstone in St Mary’s Gomersal West Yorkshire….l went to school with Paul
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
LONDON
GAZETTE,
16TH APRIL
1985
SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO
The London Gazette
of Monday, i5th April 1985
He was also awarded a posthumous MID
Checked and post has now been updated, thank you.