It was a Sunday afternoon in October when the British military set up a corden on Patrick Street where they searched citizens walking on their city's main street.
49 year old Maurice Griffin walked around from Merchants Quay and straight into the military cordon on Patrick Street. Impatient with the hold up he decided to nip down Fish Street, a side street off Patrick Street, but he was spotted by soldiers who went after him.
Fish Street was located on the right, just beyond the Union Jack flags. Today Merchants Quay Shopping Centre stands in its place.
The soldiers followed Griffin down Fish Street and fired two shots. He fell with two bullets lodged in his back and died in the South Infirmary Hospital the next day.
Grattan Hill where Griffin lived with his wife and three children. He worked as a labourer .
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