While home on leave in Londonderry from his unit he was abducted and executed by the IRA and his body was found dumped in the City Cemetery near Creggan in Londonderry.
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Published On: 26th June 2010
Bombardier Stephen Gilbert was 36 years old and joined the Army in August 1999. He enlisted into the Royal Artillery and was posted to 6/36 Battery, 40th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Lowland Gunners), based in Topcliffe, North Yorkshire.
Published On: 26th June 1972
Rifleman James Meredith of the Royal Green Jackets who was killed in a submachinegun attack at a checkpoint on the Abercorn Road in Derry on June 26th.