Paul Marlowe | |
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Born | c. 1945 Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Died | 16 October 1976 Gasworks, Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland | (aged 30–31)
Cause of death | Killed in premature bomb explosion |
Buried | |
Allegiance | Irish Republic (1969–1976) United Kingdom (1960s–1969) |
Service/ | Provisional IRA (1969–1976) Irish Republican Army (1969) |
Rank | Training Officer (T/O) (Provisional IRA) |
Unit | A Company, 2nd Battalion, Belfast Brigade (Provisional IRA)[1][2] Special Air Service (British Army) |
Conflicts |
Paul Marlowe (c. 1945 – 16 October 1976) was a Volunteer in the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade. He held the rank of Training Officer (T/O) when he and two other experienced Volunteers, Frank Fitzsimons and Joey Surgenor, were killed when a bomb they were planting exploded prematurely at Belfast gasworks in October 1976. Marlowe was 31 and had a wife and three children when he died.[3]