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Guildford pub bombings. The Guildford pub bombings occurred on 5 October 1974 when the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2.7-kilogram) gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England. The pubs were targeted because they were popular with British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks.
Jan 31, 2019 · The bomb attacks took place on 5 October 1974, in two pubs popular with British army personnel in Guildford, Surrey. Soldiers Ann Hamilton, 19, Caroline Slater, 18, William Forsyth, 18, and John...
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Jul 21, 2022 · The Guildford pub bombings in 1974 killed five and injured 65 and led to one of Britain's biggest miscarriages of justice when the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven were jailed. An IRA unit...
Apr 4, 2024 · 4 April. Guildford pub bombs 1974. Getty Images. The IRA later admitted responsibility to the Guildford bombings in the 1970s. By Tanya Gupta & Angus Moorat. BBC News, South East. New...
The inquest into the deaths of five people killed in the 1974 bombings should resume, a coroner has ruled. This is what we know. What we know about the Guildford pub bombings
Guildford pub bombings: Who were the victims? Four soldiers and a civilian died in an IRA attack on two pubs in 1974. The youngest was just 17.
