Shot by sniper while on British Army (BA) mobile patrol, Falls Road, Belfast.
An ex UDR officer, he was shot by terrorists whilst travelling aboard a landrover returning from visiting a wounded soldier in the Royal Victoria Hospital on the Falls Road, Belfast. He was on a liaison visit with the Royal Anglian Regiment at the time.
I remember Paul very well indeed – he was a teacher at King Williams College on the Isle of Man for a couple of years whilst I was a boarder. He was a breath of fresh air – he rock climbed and used to abseil out of his room on the top floor (much to our amusement) knowing he could get away with it as “the prune” (principal Fees-Jones) was ex-marines and did cliff assault training. He enjoyed sailing and used to crew for me. What none would know is he loved growing things – he gave us some wonderful plants that still live in the garden after all these years. Unconventional and sadly missed – here I am forty years later remembering this. I just wish I knew where his memorial is to pop a flow from one of his plants in the garden on.