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I was doing a bit of research work for the ROH and found this entry in 'Lost Lives'. This is the entire entry - I will leave comment to you who read this.
Pte Henry James Russell,22, single, A Coy (P/T) 9 UDR
"From Sunnylands Ave in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, his body was found in a lane near Larkfield Avenue in Sydenham (East Belfast). It was found by an Army patrol shortly after 0200. Henry was the fourth Catholic member of the regiment to be killed - he had been burned, stabbed, beaten and then shot in the head.
When found he was wearing only a tie and his underwear, and a scarf had been placed around his head. He had left home the previous evening to go to his work at Purdysburn Hospital.
A prominent member of the UDA/UFF was believed to have belonged to the group responsible for the Catholic soldier's murder.
Hundreds of people lined the route of the funeral as the coffin, carried by a UDR colour party, passed through Carrickfergus.
Private Russell had enlisted in the UDR just over a month earlier after leaving the RAF. His family had spent three months living in East Belfast after being intimidated out of their original home in the New Barnsley area of West Belfast. He had wanted to return to live with his family in Carrickfergus. He was buried at Victoria Cemetary in the town."
Rest easy, comrade.
Pte Henry James Russell,22, single, A Coy (P/T) 9 UDR
"From Sunnylands Ave in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim, his body was found in a lane near Larkfield Avenue in Sydenham (East Belfast). It was found by an Army patrol shortly after 0200. Henry was the fourth Catholic member of the regiment to be killed - he had been burned, stabbed, beaten and then shot in the head.
When found he was wearing only a tie and his underwear, and a scarf had been placed around his head. He had left home the previous evening to go to his work at Purdysburn Hospital.
A prominent member of the UDA/UFF was believed to have belonged to the group responsible for the Catholic soldier's murder.
Hundreds of people lined the route of the funeral as the coffin, carried by a UDR colour party, passed through Carrickfergus.
Private Russell had enlisted in the UDR just over a month earlier after leaving the RAF. His family had spent three months living in East Belfast after being intimidated out of their original home in the New Barnsley area of West Belfast. He had wanted to return to live with his family in Carrickfergus. He was buried at Victoria Cemetary in the town."
Rest easy, comrade.
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