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Sergeant O was in command of one of two vehicles which led the Support Company's incursion into the Bogside: | 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.<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> | ::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.<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/B439.pdf Sergeant O Evidence], Bloody Sunday Inquiry. | ||
| + | *[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/transcripts/Archive/Ts335.htm Transcript Day 335], Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 21 May 2003. | ||
| + | *[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/transcripts/Archive/Ts336.htm Transcript Day 336], Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 22 May 2003. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Revision as of 00:42, 8 May 2011
Sergeant O was the Platoon Sergeant of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company, 1 Battalion, the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday.[1]
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.[2]
External Resources
- Sergeant O Evidence, Bloody Sunday Inquiry.
- Transcript Day 335, Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 21 May 2003.
- Transcript Day 336, Bloody Sunday Inquiry, 22 May 2003.
Notes
- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
