William John McIlveen

Died

13 August 1973

Age

Rank

Reserve Constable

Force

Royal Ulster Constabulary

Cause

Homicide - Shot

Duty Status

Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally shot by terrorists in a passing vehicle while off duty working as a security guard.

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally shot by terrorists in a passing vehicle while off duty working as a security guard.

Circumstances

On the 13th August 1973 William was shot by the terrorists whilst working as a security guard at a bar fixtures factory on the Cathedral Road in Armagh. He was shot when he went to investigate a car which had pulled up outside the factory. Witnesses said four men were in the car as it left the scene. Mr McIlveen had been employed by a catholic owned firm for about a year. In September 1975 a 19 year old man was ordered to be detained at the Secretary of State's pleasure for the murder. The judge described the killing as a cold blooded and horrible crime. The man was released from prison in 1988 after 13 years. William McIlveen's brother Wilfred, part-time UDR was killed by an IRA booby-trap in 1982.

Reserve Constable McIlveen was shot by four terrorists when he went to investigate a car that had pulled up outside the bar fixtures factory on Cathedral Road, Armagh, where he had worked as a security guard for about a year.

In September 1975 a nineteen-year-old man was ordered to be detained at the Secretary of State’s pleasure for the murder. The judge described the killing as a cold-blooded and horrible crime. The man was released from prison in 1988 after 13 years.

William’s brother Wilfred, a part-time member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was killed by a terrorist booby-trap in 1982.