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Middleton remembers RUC men Peter Gilgunn and David Montgomery on 53rd anniversary of murders
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Middleton remembers RUC men Peter Gilgunn and David Montgomery on 53rd anniversary of murders
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Today I rise to mark 53 years since the senseless and brutal murders of Sergeant Peter Gilgun and
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Constable David Montgomery. Two men much loved by their families, their friends and the wider
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community. Two men serving the community in the most fearful of times. Two men outdoing their job,
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their lives stolen forever, never to return home. Constable David Montgomery, aged just 20,
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and Sergeant Peter Gilgun, a husband and a father of an eight-month-old baby son,
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were killed in the line of duty at 8.30am on this very day, the 27th of January, 1972.
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These were the first two police officers to be murdered in Londonderry during the Troubles.
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Peter and David were driving along the Craigen Road in Londonderry when they were shot and
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murdered by vile criminals, who showed no care or concern for human life. The murders of these
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two RUC officers by IRA terrorists marked a first in Londonderry, but sadly many more murders
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and life-altering physical and mental injuries would be inflicted in the remaining years of
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the Troubles. Towards those who put on the uniform, we went out to protect our communities
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from those who sought to destroy it. Their car came under fire by a number of gunmen
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as they travelled along the road. One gunman fired from an alleyway and two other gunmen opened fire
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40 yards away. During the attack, another police officer was wounded and two other colleagues
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escaped injury, no doubt carrying the trauma of this terrible atrocity with them for all of their
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days. According to an RUC spokesperson at the time, the two officers did not have a chance
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to return fire. The driver of the car managed to accelerate to the RUC station despite his car
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being hit 17 times. Today, my thoughts and prayers are with all those innocent people
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impacted and all those who continue to mourn their passing today and every day. We must not
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forget their names or their stories, who they were to their families and the fact that they
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were innocent. Their stories may not receive the coverage of others, but we must remember them.
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They will not be forgotten.
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