John Brian Martin

Died

4 November 1983

Age

Rank

Inspector

Force

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured when a terrorist time bomb, hidden in the ceiling of a classroom at Ulster Polytechnic, exploded during a lecture.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured when a terrorist time bomb, hidden in the ceiling of a classroom at Ulster Polytechnic, exploded during a lecture.

Circumstances

Fatally injured by a terrorist bomb while attending a lecture on duty.

Fatally injured, alongside Sergeant Stephen Alexander Neville Fyfe, when a terrorist time bomb, hidden in the ceiling of a classroom at Ulster Polytechnic, Jordanstown, County Antrim, exploded during a lecture. Sergeant William Robert McDonald, died from his injuries eight days later.