Discuss 1988 20th August in Northern Ireland (Op BANNER) on The Army Rumour Service; Tomorrow morning I will remember the savage murder of 8 young lads from my Bn at Ballygawley Co Tyrone and the serious wounding some never to recover of 28 other young lads.
RIP the Ballygawley ...
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1988 20th August
Tomorrow morning I will remember the savage murder of 8 young lads from my Bn at Ballygawley Co Tyrone and the serious wounding some never to recover of 28 other young lads.
RIP the Ballygawley 8 1st Bn The Light Infantry.
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- 19-08-2012, 23:03 #2Senior Member
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RIP lads.
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Swift and bold lads, we will remember!
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The soldiers killed were: Blair Bishop (19), Peter Bullock (21), Jayson Burfitt (19), Richard Greener (21), Alexander Lewis ( 18 ), Mark Norsworthy ( 18 ), Stephen Wilkinson ( 18 ), and Jason Winter (19).
We will remember them.
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RIP Alex, my little mate. I raised a glass at 00:30 as is the custom. Rest easy my friend.
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They died
For God
For King and Country
For loved ones Home and Empire
For the sacred cause of Justice and
The Freedom of the World
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- 20-08-2012, 08:40 #8
The 1LI FB page is a bit dark today. I wont be posting much today. I knew a couple of the lads as the phone box they used was outside our block and we used to chat. All were young, I think most had only recently left the Under 18 platoon. Sadly and also rightly in some ways most of us remember those killed but it was a large 52 seater coach and 28 others were severely wounded. My Team leader eas injured as was the Provost Cpl and numerous others. I was reading on an LI website what one of them went through and it wasnt fun at all.
There was a feeling at the time that no one should have een using that route for whitefleet moves and plenty of rumours regarding its OOB status but when it comes down to it we had set a pattern that shouldnt have been set."I'd rather be a tired old Has been, than a tired old Never Has Been!!"
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R.I.P. lads.
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Swift and bold lads.
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