Gordon Hedley Crothers

Died:
17 February 1978
Age:
31
Rank:
Reserve Constable
Force:
Royal Ulster Constabulary GC
Cause:
Homicide - Bomb
Duty Status:
Off Duty

Roll of Honour Citation

Killed alongside his wife and ten other civilians when a terrorist bomb exploded at a restaurant in Comber, County Down.

Police Memorial Tribute

Killed alongside his wife and ten other civilians when a terrorist bomb exploded at La Mon House Restaurant in Comber, near Belfast, County Down, with insufficient warning being given. The terrorists’ target was a meeting of RUC officers at the restaurant but they had the wrong date. The meeting had taken place exactly one week earlier.