Paul Marlowe (Irish republican)

Paul Marlowe
Bornc.1945
Ardoyne, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Died16 October 1976(1976-10-16) (aged 30–31)
Gasworks, Ormeau Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cause of deathKilled in premature bomb explosion
Buried
Allegiance Irish Republic (1969–1976)
 United Kingdom (1960s–1969)
BranchProvisional IRA (1969–1976)

Irish Republican Army (1969)

 British Army (1960s–1969)
RankTraining Officer (T/O) (Provisional IRA)
UnitA Company, 2nd Battalion, Belfast Brigade (Provisional IRA)
Special Air Service (British Army)
Conflicts

Paul Marlowe (c. 1945 – 16 October 1976) was a Volunteer in the Provisional IRA's Belfast Brigade. He held the rank of Training Officer when he and two other volunteers, Frank Fitzsimons and Joey Surgenor, were killed when a bomb they were planting exploded prematurely at Belfast gasworks in October 1976. Marlowe was 31 and had a wife and three children when he died.