Mullacreevie ambush

Mullaghcreevie ambush
Part of the Troubles and Operation Banner

A British Army Land Rover Defender
Date1 March 1991
Location
Mullacreevie, Armagh City
54°20′39.36″N 6°40′12.10″W / 54.3442667°N 6.6700278°W / 54.3442667; -6.6700278
Result

IRA victory

  • Mobile patrol out of action
Belligerents
Provisional IRA  United Kingdom
• British Army (UDR)
Strength
1 active service unit 1 mobile patrol
Casualties and losses
None 2 soldiers killed
2 wounded
1 vehicle destroyed
Mullacreevie ambush is located in Northern Ireland
Mullacreevie ambush
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Location within Northern Ireland

The Mullacreevie ambush took place on 1 March 1991, when a mobile patrol of the Ulster Defence Regiment composed of two Land Rover vehicles was attacked with an improvised horizontal mortar by a Provisional IRA active service unit from the North Armagh Brigade while passing near Mullacreevie housing estate, on the west side of Armagh City. One member of the UDR was killed instantly when the leading Land Rover was hit, while another died of wounds two days later. Two other soldiers were maimed for life.