Roll of Honor
Incident
Reserve Constable Williamson had been out in a bar in Moy with his girlfriend when they both got into their own cars to return home. His girlfriend was in her own car behind Williamson’s when the bomb exploded hurling his car into a ditch off the Aghinlig Road between Moy and Loughall.
It was believed by the RUC that while he and his girlfriend were in the bar, the bomb was planted under his car. Reserve Constable Williamson’s girlfriend told the inquest that: “we were going up a small hill. There was a bang. I screamed. I ran over to where he was lying face down on the road moaning. I noticed his legs were missing”. She said she kept stroking his head until an ambulance came. He was taken by the ambulance to the South Tyrone Hospital in Dungannon but was dead on arrival.
Reserve Constable Williamson was from Annaghmore near Portadown and had 18 years service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. His family suffered previously at the hands of terrorists when in 1982 his brother, a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was murdered.
Survivors
He was survived by his son and daughter.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Reserve Constable Williamson served with the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Reserve Constable Williamson.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Reserve Constable Reginald Williamson is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NIR, 422 of 599 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.5% of this state's fallen. That is 16.3 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Royal Ulster Constabulary GC, 351 of 469 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 74.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Reginald Williamson's cause is highlighted.
How Reginald Williamson Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Reginald Williamson is highlighted in Feb.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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