Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,20 Jul 2018,9 mins

A Vet Remembers The Hyde Park Bombing

Witness History

Available for over a year

Two IRA bombs were detonated in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in London on 20th July 1982. They left 11 military personnel dead, and injured around 50 people. Seven horses were also killed as the Hyde Park bomb was detonated during the Changing of the Guard procession. Karen Gregor has been speaking to former Army vet, Paddy Davison, who was called to the scene. Photo: The covered bodies of horses lying in the road after the Hyde Park bombing. Credit: BBC

Programme Website
More episodes