Herbert McCONVILLE

WO2 Herbert McCONVILLE. Ex 3 UDR was shot dead by the PIRA while driving his meat delivery vehicle for Farmpack, Rathfriland to a shop in Kilmorey Street, Newry, County Down, when a motorcycle pulled up alongside and the pillion passenger opened fire, hitting him 15 times with low-velocity bullets on the 15th May 1986 age 61.

The following credited to Armagh Concerned British Citizens

Herbert McConville, 61-year-old Protestant civilian, married with 1 child and a delivery driver was a former member of the UDR. Mr. McConville was making his regular weekly meat delivery to a cafe in Kilmorey Street, Newry when he was shot by the IRA. At 10:30AM he returned to his vehicle when a pillion passenger on a motorcycle opened fire. Mr. McConville was a former member of the UDR holding the rank of Sergeant and was hit with 15 low velocity bullets when the town was packed with shoppers. A woman said: "I was speaking to him just before he left the cafe and then the shots rang out. I looked across the road to see him lying beside his van". Mr. McConville was from Spelga Drive, Rathfriland and served in the armed forces during World War 2 and in 1981, he left the UDR. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the Daisy Hill Hospital.
He is dedicated on tree memorial plaque at the UDR Memorial, Ulster Ash Grove, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas, Staffordshire.

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