Lieutenant Simon Gregory Bates from Dorset, served with B Company, 2 PARA.
23 year old Lt Bates was accidentally shot dead whilst setting an ambush near Forkhill, early on New Year’s Day 1980.
Lt Bates is buried in Aldershot Military Cemetery.
Updated by Wendy George
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