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The bomb exploded at 12:40 pm on 22 February, destroying the officer's mess and wrecking several nearby Army office buildings. The soldiers who were the intended targets were not present, as the regiment itself was stationed abroad and most staff officers were in their offices rather than the mess.
22 de feb. de 2022 · A plinth with seven sides, each representing one of the seven people killed in the blast outside the officers' mess, was unveiled on the 50th anniversary of the attack. The bombing was a reprisal for Bloody Sunday, where paratroopers shot 13 people in Londonderry.
22 de feb. de 2023 · A memorial service has taken place today at the site where, 51 years ago, the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) bombed the 16th Parachute Brigade officers' mess, killing seven people and injuring 19. The bombing was the first attack on mainland Britain during the Northern Ireland troubles. And despite the passage of time ...
22 de feb. de 2022 · A memorial was unveiled 50 years after the first IRA bombing on the British mainland killed seven people at the HQ 16th Independent Parachute Brigade Officers’ Mess in Aldershot. The service was held at the same hour as the explosion and a parade and march followed.
22 de feb. de 2012 · A car packed with explosives blasted the officers' mess at Aldershot barracks. The 40th anniversary of an IRA bomb attack on a Hampshire barracks that left seven dead has been marked with a...
22 de feb. de 2022 · A memorial plinth was unveiled on the 50th anniversary of the bombing that killed seven people outside the HQ 16 Parachute Brigade Officers’ Mess in 1972. The bombing was claimed by the IRA as retaliation for Bloody Sunday in Northern Ireland.
22 de feb. de 2022 · Seven people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside the headquarters of the 16th Parachute Brigade in Aldershot in the afternoon of 22 February 1972. Nineteen people were also injured in...
