John Francis Green Military person

John Francis Green (18 December 1946– 10 January 1975), was a leading member of the North Armagh Brigade of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, holding the rank of Staff Captain and Intelligence Officer. He was killed in a farmhouse outside Castleblayney, County Monaghan, by members of the Mid-Ulster Brigade of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). According to Secret Intelligence Service operative Captain Fred Holroyd, British Army Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Green's killing. Green's was one of the 87 killings attributed by the Pat Finucane Centre to the group of loyalist extremists known as the Glenanne gang. No one was ever prosecuted for the killing.

Personal facts

Birth dateDecember 18, 1946
Birth place
Northern Ireland , Lurgan , County Armagh
Date of deathJanuary 10, 1975
Place of death
County Monaghan , Castleblayney , Mullyash

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Military person

allegianceProvisional Irish Republican Army
military operations
The Troubles
service start1969
service end1975

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