← the globe

A MOMENT IN HISTORY

Guildford pub bombings

1974 CE · United Kingdom, Europe · War

The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) detonated two 6-pound (2. 7-kilogram) gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford, Surrey, England on 5 October 1974. The pubs were targeted that evening because they were popular with British Army personnel stationed at Pirbright barracks. Four soldiers and one civilian were killed. Sixty-five people were wounded.

Read more on Wikipedia →

Available to claim

One person can dedicate this moment - a name and a short note recorded here forever.

Claim this moment