"One of the boys came in shouting and the whole barracks emptied, we tore down towards the scene... horses half dead, soldiers unconscious."
Brigadier Parker Bowles speaks about his recollection of the infamous Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings 40 years on.
The families of soldiers killed in the Hyde Park and Regent’s Park IRA bombings have told how their suffering remains undiminished 40 years on.
In total 11 military personnel died in the two attacks which occurred within hours of each other in London on July 20 1982.
Relatives of victims will gather at Hyde Park on Wednesday for a remembrance ceremony and have also this week raised their ongoing fight for justice with politicians at Westminster.
Roy Bright, 36, Dennis Daly, 23, Simon Tipper, 19, and Jeffrey Young, 19 – all attached to the Household Cavalry- were killed by a car bomb as they rode through Hyde Park to attend the Changing of the Guard.
Seven horses had to be put down and another horse, Sefton, survived terrible injuries.
