Major Alan Ian Clouter
GM (18 September 1941 – 20 February 2015) was a British Army
bomb disposal expert who was awarded the
George Medal in 1972 for his work in
Northern Ireland.
In autumn of 1971, Clouter, then
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
, was serving with the 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Squadron based in
Lisburn, Ireland.
Clouter was awarded the
George Medal after his squadron was called to deal with bombs in
Northern Ireland including one that had been placed in the
Europa Hotel in
Belfast. The explosive device was found in a public telephone booth in the bar of the hotel.
References
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers officers
Recipients of the George Medal
2015 deaths
1941 births
People from Woolwich
People educated at Haberdashers' Boys' School
Royal Army Ordnance Corps officers
Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
British military personnel of The Troubles (Northern Ireland)
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