The RUC fired a large number of shots at the unit. There were no serious injuries on either side. 13 August 1973: the IRA shot dead an off-duty RUC reservist (William McIlveen, aged 36) at his workplace, a factory on Cathedral Road, Armagh town. 16 August 1973: two IRA volunteers, Daniel McAnallen (aged 27) and Patrick Quinn (aged 18), were killed when a mortar prematurely exploded during an attack on Pomeroy British Army/RUC base, County Tyrone. 18 August 1973: a Protestant civilian (Trevor Holland, aged 36) was shot dead by the IRA from a passing car while he was standing outside a cafe on West Street, Edgarstown, Portadown. 18 August 1973: two IRA firebombs exploded at Harrods Department store in London causing slight damage. 20 August 1973: book bombs were sent to a number of places in London including the Old Bailey and the Union Jack Club. Ten incendiary devices were also defused in London's West End. 22 August 1973: an IRA book bomb exploded at the Conservative Party Central Office in London. 23 August 1973: the IRA shot dead a Protestant civilian (Margaret Meeke, aged 52) as she drove her car at Tullyvallan, near Newtownhamilton, County Armagh; the sniper mistook her car for that of a UDR soldier. 24 August 1973: a civilian (Patrick Duffy, aged 37) was found shot dead in a car on Buncrana Road, Derry. The IRA said he had been shot for being an informer. 24 August 1973: one person was injured when an IRA letterbomb exploded at the London Stock Exchange. 25 August 1973: one person was maimed when an IRA letterbomb exploded at the Bank of England in London. That same day, an IRA bomb was also defused in Oxford Street, Belfast. 25 August 1973: the IRA shot an undercover British soldier (Richard Miller, aged 21) outside Royal Victoria Hospital, Falls Road, Belfast. He died on 18 September 1973. 27 August 1973: a secretary at the British Embassy in Washington DC was seriously injured by the explosion of a letter bomb. The IRA claimed responsibility. 27 August 1973: the IRA destroyed The Royal Bastion monument to British Governor Walker in Derry with a large bomb. 28 August 1973: the IRA shot dead a UDR soldier (Kenneth Hill, aged 25) in the Culdee section of Armagh town while evacuating the area during a bomb alert. 29 August 1973: two IRA bombs exploded in a