| Operation Conservation | |||||||
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| Part of The Troubles and Operation Banner | |||||||
 A British Army position near Cullyhanna in the aftermath of the operation, 7 May 1990 | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Provisional IRA | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown |
Lance Sergeant Graham Stewart † | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 ASU | 1 Infantry section | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None | 1 killed | ||||||
  Location within Northern Ireland | |||||||
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Operation Conservation was an attempt by the British Army to ambush a large Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit along the Dorsey Enclosure, between Cullyhanna and Silverbridge, in south County Armagh. The action took place on 6 May 1990 but was thwarted by the South Armagh Brigade of the IRA.