Derek Ewing Patterson

Died

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10 November 1986

Age

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39

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

:

Off Duty

Fatally shot, while off duty, when he was ambushed by terrorist gunmen outside a friend’s home in Fitzroy Avenue, off Ormeau Road, Belfast.