John Spence McGarry

Died

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6 April 1991

Age

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46

Rank

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Detective Constable

Force

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Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

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Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

:

Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed, while off duty, by the explosion of a terrorist booby-trap bomb attached to his vehicle.

DC McGarry was off duty, visiting his mother, when terrorists attached the booby-trap bomb to his vehicle in the car park on Castle Street, Ballycastle, County Antrim.