On this Day - 31st July

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Reproduced from the PMTTS website....on the day Op Banner officially ends

One day like today...
1976
On 31st July 1976 at 12.55pm Constable Cush, aged 52, was on duty at a security barrier in Church Street, Lurgan, County Armagh when he was hit by a single shot from a sniper killing him.

1979
On 31st July 1979 at 11.05am Constable Walsh was sitting in a police car outside Armagh Courthouse, Armagh when a vehicle pulled up along side, gunmen in the vehicle opened fire and he was shot and fatally injured.

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

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We Will Remember Them

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We who today think back we shall remember those who did their duty.
We shall always remember those who give their lives for the peace for all to enjoy it.

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Remember All

To day is a very special Day "Tactical Operation in Northern Ireland" will cease today @ Midnight?

OPERATION Banner, the military operation in Northern Ireland which is the longest continuous deployment in the history of the British Armed Forces, lasting 38 years, will come to an end. DUP MP and former UDR officer Jeffrey Donaldson paid tribute to those who served and praised those who paid the "supreme sacrifice".

The campaign, which ends Midnight July 31 2007, involved all three branches of the services, the Army, Royal Air Force and Royal Navy, providing support to the civil authorities through the entire length of the Troubles.

We must and will remember all who fell

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We will remember them..

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Just to correct one thing ...... Geoffrey Donaldson was never an Officer.

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we will remember them