Gibbs Family Tree
Marcus Edgcumbe McCausland
1933 - 1972 (38 years)
Generation: 1
1. Marcus Edgcumbe McCausland was born on 8 Sep 1933 in Drenagh, Co. Derry, Ireland; died on 4 Mar 1972 in Donegal, Ireland. Notes:
Captain Marcus McCausland, as an officer in the Ulster Defence Regiment, became the first soldier to be murdered by the Official IRA on 4th March 1972 when he was kidnapped while travelling home after visiting friends in Donegal. He was the third generation of the McCausland family to serve as a Unionist Councillor in the Limavady area following the footsteps of his Grandfather Maurice and father Conolly.
Died:
Murdered by the IRA