Today we remember #Rangers #CyrilSmith #QGM ☘️🇬🇧 killed by a #PIRA bomb in Newry on the 24th October 1990. On that day, 4 Platoon, B Company, #2ndBattalion The #RoyalIrishRangers were manning the Permanent Vehicle Checkpoint at #Cloghoge Mountain situated on the A1 to the south of #Newry. At 0409 hours, a yellow van pulled up at the checkpoint, and the driver leapt from the van shouting 'There's a bomb'. Ranger Cyril John Smith, who was the duty 'road man', led the driver to safety while alerting the other soldiers who were manning the checkpoint. Certain that the driver was safe, Ranger Smith ran back to the centre of the checkpoint despite being told not to go. He set off shouting,'I have to go back and make sure the rest of the boys are safe'. As #RangerSmith again ran past the van, the #bomb #exploded, killing him instantly. Ranger Smith acted without regard for his own safety, thinking only of saving the lives of his fellow Rangers. For this action, he was, on 5th November 1991, posthumously awarded the #QueensGallantryMedal in recognition of his bravery. The entry in the Supplement to the London Gazette, 5th November 1991, stated: The QUEEN has been graciously pleased to approve the posthumous award of the Queen's Gallantry Medal to the undermentioned in recognition of gallantry in #NorthernIreland: Queen's Gallantry Medal Q.G.M. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (ARMY DEPARTMENT) 24794602 Ranger Cyril John SMITH, The Royal Irish Rangers (27th (Inniskilling) 83rd and 87th). We Will Remember Them 🌺 "𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖓𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘, 𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖙 𝖆 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖑𝖆𝖞 𝖉𝖔𝖜𝖓 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖓𝖉𝖘." #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget #IrishRanger #BritishArmedForces