4 involved in the Balcombe Street Siege, plus 2 others involved in the unit before Balcombe Street Siege.[1]
Part of
Provisional Irish Republican Army
Opponents
British Army, London Police, British Establishment targets, Economic targets. Attacks include:
Guildford bombings October 1974
Kings Arms, Woolwich November 1974
Telephone Exchange bombings December 1974
Oxford Street bombing December 1974
Carlton Tower & Portman Hotel shootings January 1975
Murder of Stephen Tibble February 1975
Kensington Church Street bomb August 1975
London Hilton bombing September 1975
Green Park bomb October 1975
Scott's bombing November 1975
Walton's bombing November 1975
Balcombe St siege December 1975
Battles and wars
the Troubles
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The Troubles in Britain and continental Europe
1970 – 1981
Aldershot bombing
Old Bailey bombing
King's Cross & Euston bombings
Westminster bombing
M62 coach bombing
Parliament bombing
Tower of London bombing
Guildford pub bombings
Woolwich pub bombing
Birmingham pub bombings
Pillar box bombings
Talbot Arms bombing
Bristol bombing
Carlton Tower and Portman Hotel shootings
Caterham bombing
Hilton bombing
Piccadilly bombing
Walton's bombing
Biddy Mulligan's bombing
Balcombe St siege
West Ham attack
Olympia bombing
Airey Neave killing
Glasgow pub bombings
Brussels bombing
Chelsea Barracks bombing
1982 – 1998
Hyde & Regent's Park bombings
Harrods bombing
Brighton hotel bombing
Rheindahlen bombing
Operation Flavius
1988 Netherlands attacks
Glamorgan barracks bombing
Deal barracks bombing
Wembley bombing
Roermond killings
Lichfield shooting
Carlton bombing
London Stock Exchange bombing
Downing Street mortar attack
Paddington & Victoria bombings
London Bridge bombing
Baltic Exchange bombing
Staples Cnr bombing
Sussex Arms bombing
Stoke Newington bomb
1992 Manchester bombing
Warrington bombings
1993 Harrods bombing
Camden bombing
Bishopsgate bombing
Finchley Rd bombings
Heathrow mortar attacks
Docklands bombing
Aldwych bombing
1996 Manchester bombing
Osnabrück attack
See also: The Troubles in Ireland and Assassinations during the Troubles
The Balcombe Street Gang was a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) active service unit (ASU) (also known as the Balcombe Street Four or the Balcombe Street Unit) who carried out a bombing campaign in southern England in the mid-1970s. The majority of their attacks and attempted attacks took place in London and the rest in Surrey, Hampshire and Wiltshire. Between October 1974 and December 1975 they carried out approximately 40 bomb and gun attacks in and around London, sometimes attacking the same targets twice. The unit would sometimes carry out two or more attacks in one day; on 27 January 1975 they placed seven time bombs in London.[2]
On 25 November 1974, they carried out three bomb attacks in the centre of London injuring 20 people.[3] They were eventually caught during the Balcombe Street siege in December 1975, thus ending their 15-month bombing campaign in England. They have been described as "the most violent, ruthless and highly-trained unit ever sent to Britain by the Provisional IRA".[4][5]
^Moysey, p. 468
^Melaugh, Dr Martin. "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1975". Cain.ulst.ac.uk.
^Melaugh, Dr Martin. "CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974". Cain.ulst.ac.uk.
^"Balcombe Street gang were sentenced to more than 600 years in jail between them". The Irish Times. Retrieved 4 November 2021.
^"'Our Nelson Mandelas' - The IRA's Balcombe Street Gang". Flashbak.com. 10 December 2013.
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