He was commended for his bravery in the 1996 IRA Manchester bombing.
Billy Harrop, 56, and his wife Sally Harrop have been named as British victims of the Sri Lanka attack Billy Harrop, 56, and Sally Harrop died during the eight explosions on Easter Sunday.according to the Manchester Evening News.Billy was a respected fireman who was celebrated for his bravery during the IRA bombing of Manchester in 1996.As station manager, he and his colleagues were among the first to the scene – which at the time was the biggest bomb ever set off on the British mainland.
confirmed his wife Anita, daughter Annabel and son Alex, 11, all died when two suicide bombers blew themselves up as the family ateBen – the only one from the family to survive -said in a statement today that ‘mercifully’ his wife and children all died instantly ‘with no pain or suffering’. ‘Alex and Annabel were the most amazing, intelligent, talented and thoughtful children and Anita and I were immensely proud of them both and looking forward to seeing them develop into adulthood.’Among at least 35 foreign nationals killed in the blastsA spokesman for Povlsen, Denmark’s richest man, confirmed the deaths but did not say which of his four children died.
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