Peter Gilgunn

Died

:

27 January 1972

Age

:

26

Rank

:

Sergeant

Force

:

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Shot and fatally wounded while on mobile patrol when he and a colleague were ambushed by terrorist gunmen in Derry.

Sergeant Gilgunn and his colleague, Constable David John Montgomery, were on mobile patrol together when they were ambushed, shot and killed by terrorists at the junction of Creggan Road and Helen Street, Derry.