Richard Allen Baird

Died

:

17 April 1979

Age

:

28

Rank

:

Constable

Force

:

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

:

Homicide - Bomb

Duty Status

:

On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside three colleagues by a remote-controlled bomb, hidden in a parked van, which was detonated as their patrol drove past in Bessbrook, County Armagh.

Constables Paul Moore Gray and Noel Alexander Webb and Reserve Constable Robert Archibald Lockhart were also killed in the explosion.