Gordon Arnott Anderson

Gordon Arnott Anderson

Died

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23 April 1982

Age

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21

Rank

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Constable

Force

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

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Road Traffic Collision (RTC)

Duty Status

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On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured, alongside two colleagues, when their RUC vehicle struck a bridge wall as they responded to an emergency call.

While responding to an emergency call concerning an assault at a public house in Armagh City, Constable Anderson and two colleagues, Constable Denis Joseph Maguire and Reserve Constable Mabel Elizabeth Cheyne, were killed when their RUC vehicle ran out of control and struck a bridge wall at Ballymoran, between Armagh and Newtownhamilton, County Armagh.