was shot dead in an IRA gun attack while on foot-patrol in the Lecky Road area of Derry. 20 September 1972: a British soldier was killed in a gun battle with the IRA on Springhill Avenue in Ballymurphy, Belfast. 21 September 1972: a UDR soldier and his wife were killed in an IRA gun attack on their home in Derrylin, County Fermanagh. 21 September 1972: IRA commander Eddie Campbell was captured by British troops in a house at Jamaica street. 22 September 1972: a British soldier was killed in an IRA sniper attack in Crossmaglen, County Armagh. 27 September 1972: a British soldier was killed in an IRA gun attack in Derry. A civilian was killed in an IRA gun attack at the corner of Ligoniel Road and Mill Avenue, Belfast. 29 September 1972: an IRA volunteer and a British soldier were killed in a gun-battle in the Lower Falls area of Belfast. 30 September 1972: a British soldier was shot dead by an IRA sniper in the Ardoyne area of Belfast. October 2 October 1972: an undercover British soldier (Edward Stuart, aged 20) was shot dead by the IRA while driving laundry van, Juniper Park, Twinbrook, Belfast. 2 October 1972: the IRA kidnapped three alleged informers (Edward Bonner, Kevin McKee and Seamus Wright), who were later killed and buried. 6 October 1972: an IRA volunteer (Daniel McAreavey, aged 21) was killed during an IRA attack on a British Army base, Osman Street, Lower Falls, Belfast. 10 October 1972: an off-duty UDR soldier (John Ruddy, aged 50) was shot dead by the IRA outside his home, Dromalane Park, Newry, County Down. 10 October 1972: three IRA volunteers died (John Donaghy, Patrick Maguire and Joseph McKinney) when a bomb they were assembling exploded in a house, Balkan Street, Lower Falls, Belfast. 13 October 1972: an off-duty RUC officer (Robert Nicholl, aged 22) was shot dead by the British army while driving his car along Castle Street in Belfast. 18 October 1972: a British soldier (Anthony David, aged 27) died four weeks after being shot by an IRA sniper while on mobile-patrol, Falls Road, Belfast. 22 October 1972: an off-duty UDR soldier (John Bell, aged 21) was shot dead by the IRA on his farm, Derrydoon, near Newtownbutler, County Fermanagh. 22 October 1972: two barges were bombed and sunk by the IRA at Lough Neagh with a loss of £80,000. 24 October