Lichfield gun attack

Lichfield gun attack
Part of the Troubles
Front of Lichfield City Station where the attack took place
Location	Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK
Date	1 June 1990 14:49 (UTC)
Target	British military personnel
Attack type	shooting
Weapon	hand guns
Deaths	1 British soldier
Injured	2 British soldiers
Perpetrator	Provisional IRA
Assailants	IRA active service unit in West Midlands, England

The Lichfield gun attack was an ambush carried out by the Provisional IRA (IRA) on 1 June 1990 against three off-duty British soldiers who were waiting at Lichfield City railway station in Staffordshire. The attack resulted in one soldier being killed and two others badly wounded.^[1]