1. August 18, 1972 Ronald Rennie Layfield, West Belfast Soldier, King's Regiment, 24, single

He was shot by the IRA as he manned a checkpoint at the corner of the Falls Road and Beechmount Avenue, hit in the head by a single bullet. His mother said she had experienced a premonition of his death. The junction where the soldier was standing lies in a slight dip on the main Falls Road. The fatal shot was apparently fired from higher ground opposite the Beehive Bar at Broadway. killing Kingsman Layfield almost instantly.

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His mother later told reporters: 'He loved the army life abroad but the bloodshed in Northern Ireland horrified him. He used to have terrible nightmares. He used to say how horrible it was to fire rubber bullets at crowds, trying to hurt people. He loved peace too much to bear the fighting. Nine months ago, when the Ulster posting was announced, he was talking about buying himself out of the army. But he said he had to go to Northern Ireland because he couldn't chicken out of his duty. He gave me the £200 he had saved to keep in a bank for him. He sent for it last week.'

— Lost Lives by David McKittrick (Page 250 - 251)