George Williams
Lt-Col George Williams was one of 25 people killed in the 1994 Mull of Kintyre Chinook crash. A member of the Intelligence Corps, he was serving in HQ Northern Ireland at the time of his death.[1] Given his rank, activities and subsequent death, Williams was probably the officer referred to by the cypher A/16 in the De Silva report on the murder of Pat Finucane.[2]
Williams' army number was 509878. As a lieutenant, he was mentioned in dispatches for distinguished service in Northern Ireland during the period 1 November 1979 to 31 January 1980.[3]
Williams was reportedly an army contact of agent Sam Rosenfeld. After Rosenfeld was arrested by the RUC in June 1992, he phoned Williams to secure his release.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The Mull of Kintyre Disaster: The Victims: D-notice issued as names of civilian victims disclosed, Independent, 4 June 1994.
- ↑ Sir Desmond De Silva QC, The Report of the Patrick Finucane Review, p.123. Archived at the Pat Finucane Centre, accessed 18 August 2013.
- ↑ London Gazette, Issue 48237, page 9374, 1 July 1980.
- ↑ Richard Norton-Taylor, FORMER ARMY AGENT 'FRAMED' BY RUC FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE; Richard Norton -Taylor on a spy who fell foul of the intelligence rivalry between police and military in Northern Ireland, The Guardian, 28 August 1996.