1972 aldershot bombing history book

Aldershot history society member david strong is rectifying this. Seven people were killed in the explosion, including two members of the royal ulster constabulary ruc, who had. For forty years ago today, on 22 february 1972, the ira got in their first fullscale retaliation to bloody sunday. The town is administered by rushmoor borough council. Northern ireland civil rights movement 19671972 burntollet bridge incident 1969 ni riots 1969 operation banner 19692007 falls curfew 1970 operation demetrius 1971 mcgurks bar bombing 1971 bloody sunday 1972 aldershot bombing 1972 beginning of direct rule 1972 bloody friday 1972 operation motorman 1972 old bailey. War, egypt and boer war, the world wars and conflicts since 1945. The book of aldershot tim childerhouse baron birch.

The story of aldershot lt col cole southern books aldershot ltd. Between 26 november 1972 and 20 january 1973, there were four paramilitary bombings in the centre of dublin, ireland. Relatives of victims of an official ira bombing at aldershot barracks in. The donegall street bombing took place in belfast, northern ireland on 20 march 1972 when the provisional ira detonated a massive carbomb in lower donegall street in the city centre just before noon when the street was crowded with shoppers, office workers, and many schoolchildren. Margaret allwork nee golding has emailed some of her family history to me, born in 1946 she lived at 6 anglesey road, aldershot going to newport school and then later st jospehs. On 22 february 1972 aldershot experienced one of the worst mainland ira attacks. The town has a population of 33,840, 1 while the aldershot urban area, a loose conurbation which also includes other towns, such as camberley, farnborough, and farnham has a population of 243,344, making it the.

Camberley historian unearths secret history of aldershot. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the british armys 16th parachute brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for bloody sunday. Aldershot bombing the 1972 aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the official ira on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. The aldershot bombing, which killed a total of seven people, was the first of a wave of revenge ira bombings against army targets on the mainland throughout the 1970s. This blast was later claimed by the official ira as revenge for the shootings in derry that came to be known as bloody sunday. On march 25 th 1992, aldershot fc became the first football league team to fold during the season since accrington stanley in 1962. Mcwhirter, a cofounder of the guinness book of world records, was an outspoken critic of the ira. The provisional iras mainland campaign alpha history. Five of the bodies were recovered inside the bombed building, the bodies of. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the british armys 16th.

Aldershot bombing 22nd february 1972 belfast child. There would be no great nostalgia for them in modern germany. Jan 1 kdsd tv channel 16 in aberdeen, sd pbs begins broadcasting. In dubious battle the dublin and monaghan bombings 19721974. The town has a population of 36,321, while the aldershot urban area, a loose conurbation which also includes other towns such as. On the 40th anniversary of the aldershot bombing, douglas murray, author of bloody sunday. The aldershot bombing was an attack by the official irish republican army official ira using a car bomb on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. It officially ended on september 2, 1945, when mamoru shigemitsu, foreign minister of japan, signed the formal instrument of surrender on the deck of the u. It lies on heathland in the extreme northeast corner of the county, about 31. In this way we get some sense of what bloody sunday, the aldershot bombing, bloody friday, claudy and all the other.

Magnific, solid buildings ought to have been listed. Book reveals adams, mcguinness were on british army death squad hit list. Noel jenkinson was jailed for life for the bombings in november 1972 and died in prison of a heart attack four years later. The style of barracks built in huge numbers during the mid 1930s are known as hitler barrackskasernen. The forgotten victims of the troubles the spectator. Historical events in 1972 on this day today in history. Ira bomb kills six at aldershot barracks five women and an army priest have been killed in an ira bomb attack on the 16th parachute brigade headquarters at aldershot, hampshire. Bloody sunday, demonstration in londonderry, northern ireland, on sunday, january 30, 1972, by roman catholic civil rights supporters that turned violent when british paratroopers opened fire, killing and injuring 14 others one of the injured later died.

Three civilians were killed and 185 people were injured. This post, marking the 40th anniversary of the aldershot bombing, was published earlier on the biteback website. Ira bombing victims remembered in aldershot 47 years later. Ceremony remembers aldershot victims the irish times. The area is administered by rushmoor borough council. On 22 february 1972, in aldershot, the british army s 16th parachute brigade came under attack from the official ira during a bombing at their headquarters in montgomery lines. How britains history with the ira made it resilient in the face of attack by josh lowe on 32417 at 11.

The aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the official irish republican army official ira on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. The bomb hit the officers mess at 16 parachute brigade three weeks after bloody sunday, killing seven people and injuring 19 others. The books strength is its use of oral material from interviews conducted by the author as well as memoirs and contemporary sources. The 1972 aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the official ira on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. Umdrumssandbox 1 simple english wikipedia, the free. After aldershot came the donegall street bomb, bloody friday, claudy and the first killings by the people soon to be known as the shankhill butchers. The soldiers who were the intended targets were not present, as the regiment itself was stationed abroad and most staff officers were in their offices. Just seen pictures on the 1519h facebook group of alanbrooke round the corner being demolished. Seven people, all civilian support staff, including cooks, cleaners, and a catholic priest, were killed in a car bomb attack on the 16th parachute brigade headquarters mess at aldershot. In its first major act of war against the british army on english soil, the official ira yesterday blasted the headquarters of the parachute brigade skip to. The ira bombed the officers mess at 16 parachute brigade hq on 22 february 1972, leaving a further 19 injured.

At that time the barracks were publicly accessible and the official branch of the ira drove in a carbomb and left it outside the officers mess. The official ira says the attack is in revenge for the events in londonderry on 30 january when civilians were shot dead by the parachute regiment. Seven people, all civilian support staff, including five catering staff, a gardener, and a catholic british army chaplain, were killed in a car bomb attack on the 16th parachute brigade headquarters mess. They are redolent of a particular era in german history. The 1972 aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the official irish republican army official ira on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. Suez, ira bombing, falklands, iraq and afghanistan. In its first major act of war against the british army on english soil, the official ira yesterday blasted the headquarters of the parachute brigade. In this way we get some sense of what bloody sunday, the aldershot bombing, bloody friday, claudy and all the other horrors of 1872 felt like for those who were there. The 40th anniversary of an ira bomb attack on a hampshire barracks that. But as its author, douglas murray, is a regular here on coffee house, and as its.

The book opens by setting the historic backdrop to the troubles. Friends of the museum watched a presentation by camberleybased historian murray rowlands based on his book aldershot in the great war, which was. In those six years between the invasion of poland and the bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki, the world was caught in the most destructive war in history. Seven civilian staff were killed and nineteen wounded. For forty years ago today, on 22 february 1972, the ira got in their first. This building is extremely important to the history and character of. No group ever claimed responsibility for the attacks and nobody was ever charged in connection with the bombings. Cursey says that after seven people were killed in the aldershot bombing of february 1972. The bibliography includes many of the books that were used in preparing the cain web site. A brief history of the bombing and killings of the troubles 1970s. An az of aldershot town fc pete stanford breedon books. Jan 24, 2020 the style of barracks built in huge numbers during the mid 1930s are known as hitler barrackskasernen. The official ira bombed aldershot hq of the parachute regiment and in august 1972 the.

The bomb targeted the headquarters of the british army s 16th parachute brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for bloody sunday. The book describes and this i didnt know much about how after world war i the european powers bombed colony after colony to continue to assert their. The aldershot bombing was an attack by the official irish republican army using a car bomb on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. Aldershot is a town in the english county of hampshire, located on heathland about 60 km 37 mi southwest of london. A brief history of the bombing and killings of the. From the ashes came phoenix club aldershot town, who were formed on april 22 nd 1992 and managed by ex aldershot fc centre back steve wignall. Jan 1 policewomen are enlisted as full members of south african police force for the first time. The pira and the official ira oira began a violent and bloody bombing campaign in both northern ireland and mainland britain, as it bombed the officers mess of the 16th parachute brigade at aldershot on 23rd february 1972 as well as the crowded abercorn restaurant in belfast on 4th march 1972, one of the cruellest of many violent. Aug 08, 2016 the aldershot bombing was an attack by the official irish republican army using a car bomb on 22 february 1972 in aldershot, england. Book reveals adams, mcguinness were on british army death. History of aldershot town football club aldershot town fc. On march 25 th 1992, aldershot fc became the first football league team to fold during the season since accrington stanley in 1962 from the ashes came phoenix club aldershot town, who were formed on april 22 nd 1992 and managed by exaldershot fc centre back steve wignall the new shots began life in isthmian league division 3 and opened the. Learn about 881 famous, scandalous and important events that happened in 1972 or search by date or keyword. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the british armys 16th parachute brigade.

How britains history with the ira made it resilient to. It was the official iras largest attack in britain. Until 1972 aldershot was an openplan town but the ira car bombing, which killed seven staff at the mess of the 16th parachute brigade hq, led to the swift introduction of security fences and armed patrols. Their target was the parachute regiments headquarters at aldershot. On 22 february 1972, aldershot experienced the first in a series of mainland ira attacks. Hanley has managed to get his hands on the execrably typed minutes of the official ira convention of october 1972, at which the stickies, reeling from the selfinflicted calamity of the aldershot bombing, inconclusively debated the way forward as hanleys recent the lost revolution 2009 describes, they subsequently opted out of armed. The donegall street bombing took place in belfast, northern ireland on 20 march 1972 when the provisional ira detonated a massive carbomb in lower donegall street in the city centre just before noon when the street was crowded with shoppers, office workers, and many schoolchildren seven people were killed in the explosion, including two members of the royal ulster constabulary ruc, who had. Nov 18, 20 book reveals adams, mcguinness were on british army death squad hit list. Aug 05, 2005 one spring day in 1972, v corps barracks in frankfurt was bombed, killing one american officer and injuring. This post, marking the 40th anniversary of the aldershot bombing, was published. One spring day in 1972, v corps barracks in frankfurt was bombed, killing one american officer and injuring. The forgotten victims of the troubles biteback publishing. The book is well produced, comprehensive, detailed and extremely well illustrated.

History of aldershot football club 192675 jack rollin f. Truth, lies and the saville inquiry, reminds us why we must not let the memories of the victims fade the 30th january this year was the 40th anniversary of bloody sunday, the day when members of the british parachute regiment shot dead fourteen civilians on the streets of a british city. The first bombing in burgh quay may have been carried out by former associates of the littlejohn brothers. The show went on with a memorable party afterwards and the aldershot failure became part of beatles folklore. The bomb targeted the headquarters of the british armys 16th parachute brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for. Timeline history of aldershot, hampshire visitor uk. Thelma bosley, margaret grant, john haslar, joan lunn, jill mansfield and sheri munton. Operation banner 19692007 essential histories book 73. Six other civilians, who all worked in the mess, were also killed in the attack on february 22 1972. Aldershot was included as part of the hundred of crondall referred to in the domesday book of 1086. As far as i remember, alanbrooke were an earlier build kaiser barracks, so not as imbued with the same negative vibe. The forgotten victims of the troubles coffee house the spectator.