The Guildford pub bombings Terrorism occurred Coming_to_be on 5 October 1974 when a subgroup of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) detonated Terrorism two 6-pound gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford , Surrey , England .

The Guildford pub bombings Terrorism occurred Coming_to_be on 5 October 1974 when a subgroup of the Provisional Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) detonated Terrorism two 6-pound gelignite bombs at two pubs in Guildford , Surrey , England .

A similar bomb to those used in Guildford , with the addition of shrapnel , was thrown Motion into the Kings Arms pub in Woolwich on 7 November 1974 .

On August 27 , 1975 the same IRA unit detonated Terrorism a bomb in Surrey at the Caterham Arms pub which injured Bodily_harm over 30 people , Surrey police said Statement it was `` a carbon copy of the Guildford bombs '' .