charge cancelled it. He later stated that In military terms, it was one of the IRA's finest attacks in South Armagh. They picked out the COP team in the most exposed position. With hindsight, it was the one weak link in the operation and it says something for the IRA's tactical and field skills that they identified that fact before we did. After the incident, another British senior officer concluded that a skilful machine-gun crew was operating near Cullyhanna. On 20 September, another soldier was hit and severely wounded in that area by machine-gun fire during an attack on a 1st Cheshire Regiment patrol at Drumalt. On 26 September there was another casualty when a helicopter was hit as it landed at Newtownhamilton and a soldier was wounded in the abdomen. The IRA unit responsible for the ambushes was nicknamed the "Cullyhanna Gun Club" by the British army. The writer Toby Harnden suggests that the IRA show of force proved again that they could dispute the ground to the troops everywhere in South Armagh due to its better knowledge of the terrain and good camouflage. Lance Sergeant Stewart was 24 at the time of his death. He was buried with full military honours in his home town of Perth, Scotland on 11 May 1990. See also Chronology of Provisional Irish Republican Army actions (1990-1999) South Armagh Sniper (1990–1997) Attack on Cloghogue checkpoint Battle of Newry Road Glasdrumman ambush Notes References Harnden, Toby (2000). Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh, Coronet books; O'Brien, Brendan (1999). The Long War: The IRA and Sinn Féin, Syracuse University Press; 1990 in military history 1990 in Northern Ireland Ambushes in Northern Ireland British Army in Operation Banner Conflicts in 1990 Deaths by firearm in Northern Ireland Military actions and engagements during the Troubles (Northern Ireland) Military history of County Armagh Military operations in Northern Ireland involving the United Kingdom (1969–2007) Provisional Irish Republican Army actions Scots Guards The Troubles in County Armagh