Glasdrumman ambush
1981 IRA ambush in Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Glasdrumman ambush was an attack by the South Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) against a British Army observation post in Glasdrumman, County Armagh on 17 July 1981. An attempted ambush by the British Army on IRA members at a scrapyard southwest of Crossmaglen was itself ambushed, resulting in the death of one British soldier and the IRA retaining the ability to set up checkpoints in South Armagh.[1]
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Part of the Troubles | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Provisional IRA | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Unknown | Lance Corporal Gavin Dean † | ||||||
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Up to 7 IRA members | 18 soldiers | ||||||
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None |
1 killed 1 wounded | ||||||
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