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S/Sgt John Morrell

10/24/1972

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S/Sgt ​John Michael Morrell died on 24th October 1972.

​Service Number: 23916709

S/Sgt John Morrell, 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment, died following fatal injures sustained in a bomb attack in South Armagh on the 15th October. His patrol was searching vacant house near border when an IRA device exploded.

Five soldiers from the Staffordshire Regiment were hurt, one very seriously. They were lured into a booby-trapped house in Armagh. 

A second booby trap, wired to a shotgun, was also found in the house.

The five men who were injured were the Staffords' first casualties since the regiment started its first stint in Ulster. Most seriously hurt was Colour Sergeant John Morrell who had to be airlifted to hospital in Belfast by helicopter

The Colour Sergeant was with a patrol which was alerted after a tip off to Armagh CID that a number of terrorist gunmen were holed up at two houses in the Drumarg Park area of the town.

Regimental Secretary Colonel Hugh Cook said: "The tip off was obviously a trick to lure our men into the terrorists trap."

Born on 27 July 1940 he was aged 32, and married with three children.

He is buried in Macclesfield Borough Cemetery.  Grave Section Y, Grave Number 17449.
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Darron Jones
6/20/2020 12:52:32 pm

My Dad served with this brave man. David Jones service number 23855062

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    This roll of honour is to remember those Staffords who died on deployment or operations since the end of WW2. All care has been taken to identify those soldiers using all publicly available information.

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    Aden Emergency
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    Cyprus Emergency
    Egypt
    Germany
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    Op Herrick
    Op Telic
    Palestine
    Scotland
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    March 2007
    July 2005
    March 2000
    August 1997
    July 1995
    May 1992
    February 1991
    September 1990
    September 1989
    August 1989
    December 1986
    May 1984
    January 1981
    June 1980
    September 1976
    October 1974
    October 1972
    November 1969
    September 1965
    December 1963
    May 1963
    January 1963
    October 1962
    December 1960
    November 1957
    April 1956
    March 1956
    October 1955
    August 1955
    July 1955
    November 1953
    September 1951
    April 1951
    January 1951
    September 1950
    June 1950
    February 1950
    December 1949
    March 1948
    February 1948
    November 1946
    June 1946

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    Maintained by Robert Pritchard

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