Ernest McAllister

Died

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20 March 1972

Age

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31

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside a colleague by a terrorist car bomb that exploded in Lower Donegall Street, Belfast.

Constable McAllister’s colleague, Constable Bernard Malachy O’Neill, was also killed when the bomb exploded outside the offices of the ‘News Letter’ newspaper in Lower Donegall Street, Belfast.

Five civilians were also killed.