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| − | '''Private M''' was a soldier in | + | '''Private M''' was a soldier in B Company of [[1 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment]] (1 PARA) in 1972. On Bloody Sunday, he was in the Composite Platoon of Support Company, 1 PARA.<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter003/ The events of the day], Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/evidence/B/B347.pdf Private M evidence], Bloody Sunday Inquiry.</ref> |
The Saville Report concluded: | The Saville Report concluded: | ||
::We are sure that either [[Private L (Bloody Sunday)|Private L]] or [[Private M (Bloody Sunday)|Private M]], members of Composite Platoon who had taken up positions at the low walls of the Kells Walk ramp, shot Kevin McElhinney as he was crawling south from the rubble barricade away from the soldiers. Both probably fired at him on the orders of one or perhaps two nearby non-commissioned officers, [[Colour Sergeant 002 (Bloody Sunday)|Colour Sergeant 002]] and [[Corporal 039 (Bloody Sunday)|Corporal 039]].<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter003/ The events of the day], Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.</ref> | ::We are sure that either [[Private L (Bloody Sunday)|Private L]] or [[Private M (Bloody Sunday)|Private M]], members of Composite Platoon who had taken up positions at the low walls of the Kells Walk ramp, shot Kevin McElhinney as he was crawling south from the rubble barricade away from the soldiers. Both probably fired at him on the orders of one or perhaps two nearby non-commissioned officers, [[Colour Sergeant 002 (Bloody Sunday)|Colour Sergeant 002]] and [[Corporal 039 (Bloody Sunday)|Corporal 039]].<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter003/ The events of the day], Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==External Resources== | ||
| + | *[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/evidence/B/B347.pdf Private M evidence], Bloody Sunday Inquiry. | ||
| + | *[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/transcripts/Archive/Ts381.htm Transcript Day 381], Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 10 October 2003. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 3 September 2012
Private M was a soldier in B Company of 1 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (1 PARA) in 1972. On Bloody Sunday, he was in the Composite Platoon of Support Company, 1 PARA.[1][2]
The Saville Report concluded:
- We are sure that either Private L or Private M, members of Composite Platoon who had taken up positions at the low walls of the Kells Walk ramp, shot Kevin McElhinney as he was crawling south from the rubble barricade away from the soldiers. Both probably fired at him on the orders of one or perhaps two nearby non-commissioned officers, Colour Sergeant 002 and Corporal 039.[3]
External Resources
- Private M evidence, Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
- Transcript Day 381, Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 10 October 2003.
Notes
- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
- ↑ Private M evidence, Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
