Crocus Street - 25th of March 1982

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It is now forty years since this tragic incident, we remember:

Rifleman Daniel Roy Holland

Rifleman Nicholas Panyiotis Malakos

Rifleman Anthony Michael Rapley

all of 2RGJ, shot whilst on patrol near the Springfield Road, Belfast.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gugUDgY00mo

Above link to Families at War (1989), which mentions the incident and contains an interview with a bereaved relative.

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As always...........GBNF .

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A really bad day out for RGJ.
Rest easy lads.
I stood on that spot 3 years ago and had a few silent words.

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We will not forget them

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Remembering the three who perished on the 25th of March 1982.

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As always GBNF.

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We are here to remember them,

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GBNF