HC Deb 06 July 1972 vol 840 cc196-7W
52. Mr. Whitehead

asked the Minister of State for Defence what number of military personnel have been killed or injured in the course of duty in Northern Ireland, in the period since the imposition of direct rule, compared with the equivalent period immediately before it.

Mr. G. Johnson Smith

The Army has suffered the following casualties as a result of terrorist and other hostile actions in Northern Ireland:

24th December, 1971–30th March, 1972 30th March, l972–5th July, 1972
Regulars killed … 13 32
Regulars wounded … 114 145
U.D.R. killed … 6 4
U.D.R. wounded … 8 12

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