Denis Joseph Maguire

Died:: 23 April 1982
Age:: 25
Rank:: Constable
Force:: Royal Ulster Constabulary GC
Cause:: Road Traffic Collision (RTC)
Duty Status:: On Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Fatally injured, alongside two colleagues, when their RUC vehicle struck a bridge wall as they responded to an emergency call.

Police Memorial Tribute

While responding to an emergency call concerning an assault at a public house in Armagh City, Constable Maguire and two colleagues, Constable Gordon Arnott Anderson and Reserve Constable Mabel Elizabeth Cheyne, were killed when their RUC vehicle ran out of control and struck a bridge wall at Ballymoran, between Armagh and Newtownhamilton, County Armagh.