Monday 27th August 1973 Soldier in civilian clothes gunned down A soldier in civilian clothes gunned down in an assassination attempt outside the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, is still seriously ill. He has been named by the Army as Corporal Richard Millar, from Peterlee, Co.Durham. A spokesman said he was attached to the Army headquarters at Lisburn and was on ‘normal administrative duties’ when he was shot. Monday 27th August 1973 Raiders bomb High Street Bar A Belfast city centre bar and wine market were wrecked by another huge bomb. Two armed men left a bomb in a suitcase on the first floor of the Hayloft Bar in High Street. They told the staff to get out but gave no time warning. Police had to direct staff down the stairs past the bomb after the alarm had been raised. When the explosion went off half an hour later, it wrecked the bar and the Victoria Wine Market beside it on the corner of High Street and Victoria Street. Only a pile of rubble was left.
Monday 27th August 1973 Trouble flares after anti-internment rally Trouble flared after an anti-internment rally sponsored by the Political Hostages’ Relief Committee at Dunville Park. After the rally a group of 50 youths broke away and began stoning the nearby Springfield Road RUC station. Troops fired several rounds of rubber bullets to disperse the youths and there were no serious clashes. Tuesday 28th August 1973 UDR man dies in ambush A young UDR man was killed and two other members of the security forces were injured in an ambush in Armagh’s Culdee housing estate. The part-time soldier who died in the shooting was named as 25 yearold Private Kenneth Hill, a bachelor from Drumherrif, Loughall. Another UDR man and a policeman were slightly hurt. Tuesday 28th August 1973 Derry siege monument crumbles after blast One of Derry’s most famous landmarks – the Walker Monument on the city’s walls, was reduced to a pile of rubble by a bomb blast. Bombers are believed to have used long ropes to scale the walls and carry the explosives to their target, which was inside an area constantly patrolled by troops. The monument to George Walker, a governor during the siege in 1689 has always been regarded as an important symbol by Loyalists and was closely associated with Apprentice Boys’ Commemorations.
Monday 27th August 1973 Bomb store found A bomb store was found by security forces when they carried out a planned search of East Belfast. In a garage on Beersbridge Road, troops and police found a ready primed 100lb bomb in a beer keg, three 30lb gas cylinder bombs, one of them ready primed and three bags of chemicals. The haul also included a shotgun, a rifle, 250 feet of fuse wire and a quantity of assorted ammunition. Tuesday 28th August 1973 400lb bomb meant for security forces A 400lb bomb in a culvert at Cavenkeeran, on the main Monday 27th August 1973 Carrickmore-Pomeroy Road was defused by an Army Youth attacked expert. The bomb is believed to have been meant as an A police patrol found an 18 year-old Protestant tied to a ambush for security forces. lamppost and with his hair cut off in Roden Street. The teenager from the Sandy Row area was beaten up and a Tuesday 28th August 1973 placard accusing him of an alleged offence was tied Blast at customs post round his neck. He was freed by the RUC men and At Aughnacloy a temporary customs post was damaged taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital where his condi- by a late night explosion. Only slight damage was tion is not thought to be serious. caused. For more on The Troubles publication visit our website at
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