Walter Craig KERR
- Extended Description
- 2nd Lieutenant 497010 Walter Craig KERR, 5th County Londonderry Battalion. Ex A Coy, 9 UDR He died of his injuries a week after he was blown up by an PIRA booby trap bomb attached to his car outside his home in Magherafelt on the 2nd November 1977 aged 34. He was not on duty. At rest in the 1st Presbyterian Churchyard, Magherafelt, County Londonderry.
He is commemorated on a Memorial Plaque at the Carrickfergus War Memorial, County Antrim,
Following extract was from The Troubles Nov 1977 Issue magazine
Part time UDR Lieutenant Walter Kerr was seriously wounded in a boob trap bomb. He worked as a bank official and was married. The bomb exploded under his car as he was leaving his home at Cooshinney Road, Magherafelt. County Londonderry. He was taken to hospital where the doctors amputated both legs. He also had severe abdominal injuries, but they were unable to save him. Soldiers from the Royal Tank Regiment based at Magherafelt donated blood shortly after the incident. Another 50 soldiers were helicoptered to the Mid Ulster Hospital to donate blood.
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