§ Mr. Warrenasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the final records of Royal Air Force accident statistics for 1974, part of which were given in answer to the hon. Member for Salford, East (Mr. Allaun) in col. 31–32 of the Official Report on 25th November 1974.
§ Mr. JohnThe final figures for 1974 are as follows:
both full-time and part-time members of the Ulster Defence Regiment have been killed as a direct result of terrorist activity. Details are given in the following table. A further 25 members of Her Majesty's Forces have died in Northern Ireland since 19th June 1974 from all other causes.
There have been 167 awards to dependants of Service men killed through terrorist activity in Northern Ireland under the Criminal Injuries to Persons (Compensation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 and a total of £795,050 has been paid in compensation. All widows of Service men killed as the result of terrorist activity in Northern Ireland are eligible for pensions payable by the Department of Health and Social Security and by the Ministry of Defence. It is not possible without disproportionate effort to list compensation payments on an 317W individual basis nor is it the custom of my Department without the agreement
Rank Name Regiment Date of Death Cause of Death Gnr … MacCunn K.I.C. … 4 Lt RA … … 22nd June 1974 … … GSW Abdomen Spr … Walton J. … … 3 Fd Sqn RE … 2nd July 1974 … … Explosion Cpl … Smith D. A. … … 1 Ches … … 4th July 1974 … … GSW Abdomen Cpl … Conley J. … … 5 UDR … … 23rd July 1974 … … Car bomb Sgt … Fearns, B. … … 4 Lt RA … … 30th July 1974 … … GSW Abdomen Mne … Southern M. J. … 45 CDO RM … 13th August 1974 … Bomb Explosion Cpl … Leach D. A. … … 45 CDO RM … 13th August 1974 … Bomb Explosion Pte … Drake P. V. … … RPC … … 26th August 1974 … GSW Head 2 Lt … Simpson M. J. … 1 Staffs … … 23rd October 1974 … GSW Back Lcpl … Coughlan A. … … RWF … … 28th October 1974 … Bomb Explosion Pte … Sloanick M. … … 1 DERR … 28th October 1974 … Bomb Explosion Pte … Allen B. … … 1 DERR … 6th November 1974 … GSW Cpl … Windsor S. A. … 1 DERR … 6th November 1974 … GSW SSgt … Simpson J. C. … RH … … 7th November 1974 … Bomb Blast SSgt … Rose V. … … 321 EOD RAOC 7th November 1974 … Bomb Blast Fus … Simmons A. … … 1 RRF … … 15th November 1974 … GSW Pte … McCready T. J. … 3 UDR … … 17th November 1974 … GSW Chest WO2 … Maddocks J. A. … RAOC … … 2nd December 1974 … Bomb Explosion Rfn … Gibson M. E. … 1 RGJ … … 29th December 1974 … GSW Chest Cpl … Lea T. F. … … RMP … … 21st January 1975 … Bomb Explosion Sgt … Robson W. … … 15/19 H … … 8th February 1975 … Multiple GSWs