RUC Officer Killed by IRA in Duncairn Gardens (The NewLodge)

Scotsman Philip Ellis aged 33; a former soldier in the British Army who served in the province of Northern Ireland gave up a safe job in Scotland to join the RUC (Royal Ulster Constabulary) todays PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland). Constable Ellis was shot in the head by an Irish Republican Army (IRA) Sniper from The Newlodge Area of Belfast. Constable Ellis was with several other police officers when he was shot in Edlingham Street at the junction of Duncairn Gardens between ...
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