15 January 1985 Kelly, Paul (17) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) Shot while running away from stationary stolen car, at Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) Vehicle Check Point (VCP), Kennedy Way, Belfast. Memorials
	01 February 1985 Graham, James (39) Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot while driving school bus, Derrylin, County Fermanagh. Memorials
	08 February 1985 Logue, Gerard (19) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Shot while sitting in stationary stolen car, Fort Street, off Springfield Road, Belfast. Memorials
	17 February 1985 Kerr, Patrick (37) Catholic Status: Prison Officer (PO), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot outside St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh. Memorials
	18 February 1985 Rossborough, Mark (21) Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Found shot at rubbish dump, off Ballygomartin Road, Belfast. Memorials
	21 February 1985 Murphy, Francis (30) Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while driving Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) civilian type minibus, Drumsallen, near Armagh. Memorials
	23 February 1985 Devine, Michael (22) Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA), Killed by: British Army (BA) Shot by undercover British Army (BA) members, while returning arms to dump, in field, off Plumbridge Road, Strabane, County Tyrone. Memorials
	23 February 1985 Devine, David (17) Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA), Killed by: British Army (BA) Shot by undercover British Army (BA) members, while returning arms to dump, in field, off Plumbridge Road, Strabane, County Tyrone. Memorials
	23 February 1985 Breslin, Charles (20) Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA), Killed by: British Army (BA) Shot by undercover British Army (BA) members, while returning arms to dump, in field, off Plumbridge Road, Strabane, County Tyrone. Memorials
	23 February 1985 Coyle, Kevin (24) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot Corporation Street, Bogside, Derry. Alleged informer. Memorials
	24 February 1985 McElhinney, Douglas (40) Protestant Status: ex-Ulster Defence Regiment (xUDR), Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Shot outside friend's home, Glenvale Road, off Northland Road, Derry. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Donaldson, Alexander (41) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 McGookin, Rosemary (27) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Campbell, Geoffrey (24) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Price, Denis (22) Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 McFerran, Paul (33) Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down Memorials
	28 February 1985 McHenry, Sean (19) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down Memorials
	28 February 1985 Topping, David (22) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Dowd, John (31) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Kelly, Ivy (29) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in mortar bomb attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, Edward Street, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	28 February 1985 Harkness, Trevor (36) Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in telegraph pole, while on Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) foot patrol, Pomeroy, County Tyrone. Memorials
	03 March 1985 McCormac, Hugh (40) Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot outside St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church, Graan, near Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Memorials
	23 March 1985 Corcoran, John (45) nfNIRI Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) From County Cork. Found shot Ballincollig, near Cork. Alleged informer. Memorials
	27 March 1985 Dacre, Anthony (25) nfNI Status: British Army (BA), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden behind door, detonated when British Army (BA) foot patrol passed, Divis Flats, Belfast. Memorials
	29 March 1985 Bell, John (34) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty reservist. Shot at his workplace, garage, Church Square, Rathfriland, County Down. Memorials
	03 April 1985 Kay, Michael (38) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked car, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol passed, outside Courthouse, Downshire Road, Newry, County Down. Memorials
	03 April 1985 Parry, Kenneth (55) nfNI Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Originally from England. Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked car, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) patrol passed, outside Courthouse, Downshire Road, Newry, County Down. He was employed at the Courthouse. Memorials
	07 April 1985 Love, Martin (24) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Shot while walking along Factory Row, Enniskillen, County Fermanagh. Memorials
	03 May 1985 Heenan, William (51) Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot at his home, Leitrim, near Castlewellan, County Down. Memorials
	09 May 1985 Ruddy, Seamus (33) Catholic Status: ex-Irish National Liberation Army (xINLA), Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Abducted from his flat, Paris, France. His remains eventually found by information supplied anonymously, buried in a forest at Pont-de-l’Arche, near Rouen, in northern France, on 6 May 2017. Memorials
	20 May 1985 Wilson, William (28) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked trailer, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol passed, Killeen, County Armagh. Memorials
	20 May 1985 Rodgers, Stephen (19) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked trailer, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol passed, Killeen, County Armagh. Memorials
	20 May 1985 Baird, David (22) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked trailer, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol passed, Killeen, County Armagh. Memorials
	20 May 1985 Doak, Tracy (21) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed by remote controlled bomb, hidden in parked trailer, detonated when Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol passed, Killeen, County Armagh. Memorials
	28 May 1985 Smith, Gary (19) Protestant Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) applicant. Shot as he parked his car Millfield, Belfast. Memorials
	01 June 1985 McAlpine, Roy (24) Protestant Status: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), Killed by: Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) Shot outside friend's home, Annadale Flats, Ballynafeigh, Belfast. Internal Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) dispute. Memorials
	15 June 1985 Agnew, Willis (53) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot while sitting in stationary car outside friend's home, Gortin Road, Kilrea, County Derry. Memorials
	18 June 1985 Gilliland, William (39) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in land mine attack on Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) mobile patrol, Coragh Glebe, near Kinawley, County Fermanagh. Memorials
	27 June 1985 Morrissey, Patrick (49) nfNIRI Status: Garda Siochana (GS), Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) Shot during armed robbery at post office, Ardee, County Louth. Memorials
	06 August 1985 English, Charles (21) Catholic Status: Irish Republican Army (IRA), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Died when grenade exploded prematurely, during attack on British Army (BA) mobile patrol, William Street, Derry. Memorials
	20 August 1985 McEvoy, Seamus (46) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) From Northern Ireland. Shot at his second home, Eglinton Road, Donnybrook, Dublin. Contractor to British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) . Memorials
	22 August 1985 Mallon, Daniel (65) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot while in Railway Bar, Strabane, County Tyrone. Mistaken for contractor to British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC). Memorials
	24 August 1985 Murray, Kieran (28) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot by sniper while travelling in car along Slate Quarry Road, near Pomeroy, County Tyrone. His vehicle mistaken for Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) civilian-type car. Memorials
	31 August 1985 Vance, Martin (33) Catholic Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot outside his home, Rocks Chapel Road, Crossgar, County Down. Memorials
	08 September 1985 Mahon, Gerard (28) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot, together with his wife, in entry off Norglen Crescent, Turf Lodge, Belfast. Alleged informer. Memorials
	08 September 1985 Mahon, Catherine (26) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot, together with her husband, in entry off Norglen Crescent, Turf Lodge, Belfast. Alleged informer. Memorials
	09 September 1985 Burnett, James (28) nfNI Status: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA), Killed by: Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) From County Dublin. Found shot, Killeen, County Armagh. Alleged informer. Memorials
	22 September 1985 Patten, Martin (18) nfNI Status: British Army (BA), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot while returning to Ebrington British Army (BA) base, walking along Limavady Road, Waterside, Derry. Memorials
	07 October 1985 McCrory, Damien (20) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Found shot, by the side of road, Drumrallagh, Strabane, County Tyrone. Alleged informer. Memorials
	08 November 1985 McPolin, Kevin (26) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Ulster Freedom Fighters (UFF) Shot, while sitting in his stationary car, outside his place of work, Drumbeg Drive, Old Warren, Lisburn, County Antrim. Memorials
	15 November 1985 Hanson, David (24) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Killed in land mine attack on joint British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) foot patrol, Blaney Road, near Crossmaglen, County Armagh. Memorials
	18 November 1985 Boyd, Robert (55) Catholic Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Shot outside his home, Prehen Park, Waterside, Derry. Memorials
	21 November 1985 Konig, Kurt (38) nfNI Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) German businessman. Shot outside his home, Gleneagle's, Shantallow, Derry. Contractor to British Army (BA) / Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) . Memorials
	29 November 1985 Hanna, Gordon (46) Protestant Status: Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Off duty. Killed by booby trap bomb attached to his car outside his home, Harbour Drive, Kilkeel, County Down. Memorials
	30 November 1985 Taggart, Edward (19) Catholic Status: Civilian (Civ), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during struggle with Irish Republican Army (IRA) members, Divis Flats, Belfast. Alleged criminal. Memorials
	07 December 1985 Clements, William (52) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during gun attack on Ballygawley Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, County Tyrone. Memorials
	07 December 1985 Gilliland, George (34) Protestant Status: Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), Killed by: Irish Republican Army (IRA) Shot during gun attack on Ballygawley Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) base, County Tyrone. Memorials

Note on the photographs:
Most of the photographs in this section were provided by family members, relatives or friends of the person killed, to the local media at the time of death. In most cases the photographs were taken by a member of the family, a relative or a friend. At the time the photographs were provided to the local media, the name of the photographer was not recorded. No payment was made for the photograph. In some cases the original image was never returned.
Copyright of the photographs:
Copyright © of the photographs remains with the (unknown) original photographer. If anyone believes they own the copyright of any of the photographs in this section, and objects to its reproduction on this Web site, they should contact the CAIN Director.
Sources:
Text is taken with permission from Malcolm Sutton's 'Index of Deaths'.
The photographs were obtained from various sources including: newspapers, magazines, books, other publications, video, memorials, Web sites, etc.
Removal of photographs:
If the nearest relative of any of those killed, objects to the use of a particular photograph then the image will be removed from this site. If the nearest relative would prefer a different photograph to be used this can be arranged.
Appeal for additional photographs:
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