Gordon Hedley Crothers
Died
:
17 February 1978
Age
:
31
Rank
:
Reserve Constable
Force
:
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Cause
:
Homicide - Bomb
Duty Status
:
Off Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Killed alongside his wife and ten other civilians when a terrorist bomb exploded at a restaurant in Comber, County Down.
Killed alongside his wife and ten other civilians when a terrorist bomb exploded at La Mon House Restaurant in Comber, near Belfast, County Down, with insufficient warning being given. The terrorists’ target was a meeting of RUC officers at the restaurant but they had the wrong date. The meeting had taken place exactly one week earlier.