Private B (Bloody Sunday)

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Private B was a soldier in the Machine Gun Platoon of Support Company, 1 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday.[1]

The Saville Report concluded in relation to Private B:

The first gunfire casualty of the day was Damien Donaghey, who was on a patch of waste ground immediately south of William Street. He was hit in the thigh, either by one of two shots fired by Corporal A or one of three shots fired by Private B, both soldiers of Machine Gun Platoon. The two soldiers fired their shots from the derelict building more or less simultaneously in a single burst of fire. All these shots were aimed and fired at Damien Donaghey.
Unknown to Corporal A or Private B, fragments from one or more of these shots hit and injured John Johnston, who was on the same patch of waste ground.[2]

External Resources

Notes

  1. The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
  2. The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.