Grenadier Guards

Captain Robert Nairac. G.C. Aged 29.
In January 1976, at the height of the vicious undercover war with the IRA, Captain Robert Nairac,
a devout Catholic, student of Irish history and robust singer of Irish rebel songs, was released from his duties with the Grenadier Guards and seconded to the SAS with the specific task of intelligence liaison. With his black Labrador for company, he was posted to the most dangerous area of operations,
the 'bandit country' of South Armagh. After months of knife-edge operations undercover,
Capt Nairac was snatched from the Three Step Inn a South Armagh pub where he had arranged
to meet a contact; he was driven across the border into the Irish Republic, interrogated and shot. read full story here
 Even his captors admit he died like a hero, and he was posthumously awarded Britain's second highest military honour, the George Cross.

Guardsman Graham Duggan. Aged 22.
Killed while on foot patrol in the Crossmaglen area of South Armagh, A van driving past the patrol suddenly opened fire with
automatic weapons killing three members of the patrol on the 21.12.1978.

Guardsman Kevin Johnson Aged 20.
Killed while on foot patrol in the Crossmaglen area of South Armagh, A van driving past the patrol suddenly opened fire with automatic
weapons killing three members of the patrol on the 21.12.1978.