 The first civilian casualty was Arthur McGraw (29), shot dead at his home on the Moneycarrie Road on 10 August 1979.A Protestant civilian, Winston McCaughey, was shot dead in Boveedy, three miles east of Garvagh, but closer to Kilrea, on 11 November 1976.On 20 April 1994, Alan Smyth (40) and John McCloy (28) were shot dead by the PIRA while sitting in a stationary car on Main Street, Garvagh.