Royal Irish Regiment soldier, #Corporal# #TrelfordWithers# was shot dead by the Provisional IRA #PIRA# on 8th August 1994, while working at his butcher's shop in #Crossgar# #CountyDown# Telford was a professional soldier who was in the #UDR# Ulster Defence Regiment/#RIR# Royal Irish Regiment ☘️🇬🇧. I am nearly sure he was the last #British# soldier to be shot dead in #Ulster# just weeks before the #PIRA# called their "Cease-Fire." Cpl Telford Withers, 3rd Battalion, ROYAL IRISH, 8th August, 1994. Corporal Withers was the 6th #RoyalIrish# ☘️ soldier killed. Shot by the #PIRA# as he worked in his butcher's shop in Downpatrick Street, Crossgar. He was hit twice by a #gunman# who fired five rounds. A nurse in the shop tried to resuscitate him, but he died a few minutes later. His wife, who was fighting cancer, had gone to visit their eldest daughter in Scotland that day and saw a television report on the shooting. She telephoned the shop where the call was answered by a policeman who broke the news. Trelford was killed 23 days before the PIRA announced a 'complete cessation of military operations' and was the last member of the security forces to be killed by the IRA before the 1994 ceasefire. Mrs Withers lost her battle with cancer two years later. His daughter joined the Regiment after her father's killing. He was 46 years old, off duty, and married at the time of his death. #Corporal# #ClaireWithers—whose# father Trelford Withers, who was a part-time Royal Irish Regiment soldier shot dead in 1994—was presented with the #ConspicuousGallantryCross# (#CGC#) by #QueenElizabeth# II on the 6th October, 2006, at the Balmoral Showgrounds in #Belfast#. Details of the AwardRecipient: Corporal Claire Withers Father: #TrelfordWithers#, a shopkeeper and Royal Irish Regiment soldier killed in Crossgar, County Down. Medal: Conspicuous Gallantry Cross (CGC), received on behalf of the regiment during disbandment ceremonies. Date & Location: October 6, 2006, at #BalmoralShowgrounds#, Belfast Presenter: Queen Elizabeth II 🇬🇧👑