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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war ...
Private Roy Alan Bedford served with 2 PARA.Pte Bedford was 22 years old when he was shot by an IRA sniper when on a foot patrol in Moybane, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh, on 16 March 1974.
He is buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery.
Profile photograph courtesy of Des Read.
Service History
- Date not known The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Private)
