shopping centre in Solihull, England. A building society was extensively damaged. 30 August 1973: a British Army officer (Ronald Beckett, aged 36) was killed while trying to defuse an IRA bomb at Tullyhommon Post Office, Tullyhommon, near Pettigoe, County Fermanagh. 30 August 1973: two IRA volunteers, Francis Hall (aged 29) and Anne Marie Petticrew (aged 19), were fatally wounded in a premature explosion in a house on Elaine Street, Stranmillis, Belfast. Hall died on 30 August and Petticrew died on 1 September. 31 August 1973: one IRA volunteer (Patrick Mulvenna, aged 19) was killed and another fatally wounded in a shootout with the British Army, Ballymurphy Road, Ballymurphy, Belfast. The other IRA volunteer (James Bryson, aged 25) died on 22 September 1973. 2 September 1973: Three RUC officers were ambushed near Castlebar, County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland, across the border. Although shot, all three survived and were transferred back to Enniskillen under heavy police guard. 5 September 1973: a Catholic civilian (Patrick Duffy, aged 21) was killed when he triggered a booby-trap bomb by driving his tractor into a field at a farm at Greaghnagleragh, near Belcoo, County Fermanagh. It is believed it was planted by the IRA and intended for the security forces. The RUC had just removed a dummy bomb at the scene. 5 September 1973: a large office compound was destroyed by an IRA bomb at York Street, Belfast. 7 September 1973: the IRA shot dead an off-duty UDR soldier (Matthew Lilley, aged 54) near Belcoo, County Fermanagh. 8 September 1973: an IRA bomb exploded at the ticket office in Victoria Station, London, injuring five people. 10 September 1973: the IRA detonated bombs at two train stations in London; 13 people were injured. 12 September 1973: two police officers were injured when an IRA bomb exploded at the offices of the Royal Naval Association in London. A woman collapsed and died during an evacuation following a hoax bomb alert at Euston Station, London. 17 September 1973: a British Army bomb disposal expert (Ronald Wilkinson, aged 30) was wounded attempting to defuse an IRA bomb which had been planted in Birmingham, England; he died on 23 September 1973. Another IRA bomb was discovered at a Household Cavalry camp in Surrey. 20 September 1973: five people were injured when an IRA bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Duke of York in London. 22 September 1973: a