GILBERT, Adam
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Known as:
Gilly
Rank:
Marine
Unit / Base:
'42 Commando RM'
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Marines
Service:
Royal Navy
Service Number:
P046138Q
Born:
Sunday, July 23, 1967
Died :
Thursday, June 15, 1989
Died on active service
Age:
21
Cemetery/Memorial:
Local Roll of Honour:
Marine Adam Gilbert was the victim of an accidental shooting when his patrol tried to stop a stolen car at a checkpoint on the New Lodge Road, Belfast.
Tony Stephenson adds "The tragic friendly fire incident occurred on Antrim Road (opposite the junction with Duncairn Avenue, was called Gardens back then). Golly survived the head wound but succumbed to this injury in Belfast Hospital some 40 minutes later".
Sources
AFM ROH.
NIVets.org
Northern Ireland - An Agony Continued author Ken Wharton.
[Image] Tony Stephenson, former Corporal RM.
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