Robert A Buchanan

Died

23 March 1921

Age

Rank

Constable

Force

Royal Irish Constabulary

Cause

Homicide

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and thrown into the River Shannon to drown after being abducted when terrorists ambushed a military lorry at Scramogue, near Strokestown, County Roscommon.

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and thrown into the River Shannon to drown after being abducted when terrorists ambushed a military lorry at Scramogue, near Strokestown, County Roscommon.

Circumstances

Abducted during an IRA ambush believed killed and buried in a bog.

Along with his RIC colleague, Constable James Evans, he was found in civilian clothes in the lorry while under arrest and facing court martial, Constable Buchanan for robbing a store in Ruskey and Constable Evans for breaking a stained glass window in Elphin Church.