| Surname: | Roberts |
| Initials: | R J |
| Rank: | Corporal |
| Army Number: | 24175227 |
| Notes: | RMP. Died 30/5/1973. Cause of death traffic accident, Northern Ireland. Died as a result of a traffic accident at Augher, Co Tyrone on 30/5/1973, together with Sgt A R Lane, RMP. Born 15/6/1951. Richard John Roberts. Extract from Belfast Telegraph, 31/5/1973/ Soldiers killed in car crash. Two Soldiers attached to the Army headquarters, Lisburn, were killed last nigh when their car was involved in a headon collision with another car on the Augher Ballygawley road. They were Corporal Richard Joh Roberts (22), an Sergeant Allister Roderick Lane (34). Both died almost instantly. The driver of the other car, Ivan Stewarst, of 7 Prince Andrew Terrace, Derrygonnelly, was unhurt in the crash. The crash happened on a bend at Annahills, near Augher, the scene of another fatal crash recently. |
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| Date of Death: | May 30, 1973 |
| Company: | 178 (INVESTIGATIONS) PRO COY |
| CWGC Link: | 90909 |
| Cemetery: | ASHSTEAD (ST GILES), SURREY, UNITED KINGDOM 🇬🇧 |
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