Sergeant O (Bloody Sunday)

Sergeant O was the Platoon Sergeant of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company, 1 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday.

Sergeant O was in command of one of two vehicles which led the Support Company's incursion into the Bogside:

Many civilians were in the area of the Eden Place waste ground and the car park of the Rossville Flats when the vehicles of Support Company drove into the Bogside. On seeing the Army vehicles these people started to run away. Shortly before it stopped in the car park of the Rossville Flats the vehicle under the command of Sergeant O struck two people, Alana Burke and Thomas Harkin. This was not done deliberately.