John Spence McGarry

Died

6 April 1991

Age

Rank

Detective Constable

Force

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

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.

Roll of Honour Citation

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

Circumstances

Killed by a terrorist under-car booby trap bomb while off duty.

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.