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at the time) were injured. Republicans suggested Ewart-Biggs was targeted because of his intelligence connections though possibly Cubbon was the intended target. Two months after his murder, the IRA claimed responsibility and said that Ewart-Biggs had been sent to Dublin "to co-ordinate
British
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Studies near Beirut, he was posted as political officer to Qatar (1951). In 1952 he married Gabrielle Verschoyle, and gained four stepchildren. The couple wrote a number of thrillers together using the pen name ‘Charles Elliott’ including
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condemned the assassins as a "common enemy whom we must destroy or be destroyed by". Thirteen suspected members of the IRA were arrested during raids as the
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401:, England, to Captain Henry Ewart-Biggs of the
393:Christopher Thomas Ewart-Biggs was born in the
405:and his wife Mollie Brice. He was educated at
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865:"Christopher Ewart-Biggs Assassinated 1976"
2991:People murdered in the Republic of Ireland
1712:Paddington & Victoria station bombings
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842:"Prime suspect denies ambassador's murder"
821:"Britain's Envoy in Dublin Killed by Mine"
689:"Ireland and the death of the ambassador"
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548:Northern Ireland, a Personal Perspective
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1795:Forensic Science Laboratory bombing
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523:dismissed the claim as nonsense.
360:Provisional Irish Republican Army
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2646:Continuity Irish Republican Army
1521:Royal Artillery Barracks bombing
1061:Armalite and ballot box strategy
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775:"Tragic irony of brutal murder"
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1021:Improvised tactical vehicles
377:, became a Life Peer in the
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2615:Direct Action Against Drugs
2207:Antoine Mac Giolla Bhrighde
1914:1997 Northern Ireland riots
1737:Crumlin Road Prison bombing
1551:RUC Birches barracks attack
1394:Walton's Restaurant bombing
1334:Telephone exchange bombings
1194:Scottish soldiers' killings
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427:Second Battle of El Alamein
317:Second Battle of El Alamein
197:Mary Raines Gavrelle Thomas
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1595:Glamorgan barracks bombing
1389:Scott's Oyster Bar bombing
1339:1974 Oxford Street bombing
1319:London pillar box bombings
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271:University College, Oxford
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1506:Chelsea Barracks bombing
1264:1973 Westminster bombing
1189:1970 Crossmaglen bombing
1051:1981 Irish hunger strike
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415:Royal West Kent Regiment
304:Royal West Kent Regiment
2719:Christopher Ewart-Biggs
1899:Osnabrück mortar attack
1889:1996 Manchester bombing
1805:1992 Manchester bombing
1775:Baltic Exchange bombing
1605:Ballygawley bus bombing
1600:Inglis Barracks bombing
1414:West Ham station attack
1384:Trattoria Fiore bombing
1314:Birmingham pub bombings
1284:Tower of London bombing
1214:Donegall Street bombing
350:, an author and senior
25:Christopher Ewart-Biggs
2669:Jeffery Stanford Agate
2202:Breandán Mac Cionnaith
1840:Finchley Road bombings
1667:Operation Conservation
1615:Clive Barracks bombing
1526:Brighton hotel bombing
1486:Dunmurry train bombing
1289:Guildford pub bombings
1219:Battle at Springmartin
1179:Battle of St Matthew's
1122:Internal Security Unit
521:British Foreign Office
59:British Ambassador to
1850:Shankill Road bombing
1825:Cullaville occupation
1765:London Bridge bombing
1620:Deal barracks bombing
1501:1981 Bessbrook attack
1404:Balcombe Street siege
1374:London Hilton bombing
1364:Caterham Arms bombing
1299:Brooks's Club bombing
1294:Harrow School bombing
1239:Newry customs bombing
1086:Good Friday Agreement
734:. London. 26 May 2015
389:Early life and career
354:liaison officer with
221:Felicity Jane Randall
107:Sir Arthur Galsworthy
2402:Thomas "Slab" Murphy
2182:Patrick Joseph Kelly
1845:Battle of Newry Road
1815:1993 Harrods bombing
1692:Lichfield gun attack
1677:Carlton Club bombing
1672:1990 Wembley bombing
1399:Drummuckavall ambush
1369:Tullyvallen massacre
1304:Woolwich pub bombing
1152:Balcombe Street Gang
1142:South Armagh Brigade
1117:IRA Southern Command
1112:IRA Northern Command
903:Walter Robert Haydon
808:on 20 February 2011.
562:and 2,000 soldiers.
413:, and served in the
2630:Troops Out Movement
2577:Freddie Scappaticci
1884:Aldwych bus bombing
1835:Bishopsgate bombing
1820:Warrington bombings
1780:Sussex Arms bombing
1770:Staples Cnr bombing
1717:Mullacreevie ambush
1657:South Armagh sniper
1610:Jonesborough ambush
1556:Rheindahlen bombing
1536:Newry mortar attack
1491:Lough Foyle attacks
1349:Mountainview attack
1324:Talbot Arms bombing
1249:Honey Trap killings
1147:East Tyrone Brigade
1127:Active service unit
991:Haughey arms crisis
847:The Daily Telegraph
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694:The Daily Telegraph
2759:Baroness Brabourne
2197:Proinsias Mac Airt
2132:John Francis Green
1571:Corporals killings
1541:Ballygawley attack
1496:Glasdrumman ambush
1458:Warrenpoint ambush
1453:Crossmaglen ambush
1424:Store bar shooting
1409:Kingsmill massacre
1379:Piccadilly bombing
1354:Bayardo Bar attack
1259:Coleraine bombings
1244:Old Bailey bombing
1224:Battle of Lenadoon
1076:Smithwick Tribunal
1066:Punishment attacks
1056:Maze Prison escape
826:The New York Times
407:Wellington College
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2277:Raymond McCartney
2217:Seán Mac Stíofáin
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1879:Docklands bombing
1874:Drumcree conflict
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1566:Operation Flavius
1434:Garryhinch ambush
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878:Diplomatic posts
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2357:Laurence McKeown
2297:Séamus McElwaine
2287:Raymond McCreesh
2282:Martin McCaughey
2017:Carál Ní Chuilín
1947:Martina Anderson
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1860:Heathrow attacks
1790:Coalisland riots
1561:Loughgall ambush
1468:Dungannon attack
1463:Brussels bombing
1209:Abercorn bombing
1199:Red Lion bombing
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2107:William Fleming
2102:Mairéad Farrell
1972:Charles Breslin
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1419:Olympia bombing
1359:Forkhill attack
1329:Bristol bombing
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2462:Liam Quinn
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2267:Fra McCann
2247:Leo Martin
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2187:Sean Kelly
2177:John Kelly
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