1972 Aldershot bombing was a car bomb attack by the Official Irish Republican Army ( Official IRA ) on 22 February 1972 in Aldershot , England . The bomb targeted the headquarters of the British Army 's 16th Parachute Brigade and was claimed as a revenge attack for Bloody Sunday . Seven civilian staff ( mostly female cleaners ) were killed and 19 were wounded . It was the Official IRA 's largest attack in Britain during " the Troubles " and one of its last major actions before it declared a permanent ceasefire in May 1972 . Official IRA member Noel Jenkinson was convicted and imprisoned for his part in the bombing
Bloody Sunday
Bloody Sunday (1972)
1972 Aldershot bombing