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*[[Lieutenant N (Bloody Sunday)|Lieutenant N]] - Commander of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company. Probably shot Michael Bridge.<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> | *[[Lieutenant N (Bloody Sunday)|Lieutenant N]] - Commander of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company. Probably shot Michael Bridge.<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> | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 8 May 2011
The Bloody Sunday massacre took place in Derry on 30 January 1972 when soldiers from the Parachute Regiment opened fire on a civil rights march. 13 people died on the day, and a 14th, John Johnston, died later as a result of his injuries.[1]
British Army Personnel on Bloody Sunday
Headquarters Northern Ireland (HQNI)
- Major General Robert Ford - Commander Land Forces (Northern Ireland)
8th Infantry Brigade
- Brigadier Patrick MacLellan - Commander of 8th Infantry Brigade, the Army brigade in charge of the Derry area.[2]
1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA)
Lt Col Derek Wilford - Commander of 1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment.
Support Company, 1 PARA
- Major Ted Loden - Commander of Support Company, 1 Para.
Machine Gun Platoon
- Sergeant INQ 441 - Commander of the Machine Gun Platoon
- Corporal A - May have shot Damien Donaghey and injured John Johnston[3]
- Private B - May have shot Damien Donaghey and injured John Johnston[4]
Anti-Tank Platoon
- Corporal E
- Lance Corporal F - Shot Michael Kelly.
- Lance Corporal J
- Private G
- Private H
Mortar Platoon
- Lieutenant N - Commander of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company. Probably shot Michael Bridge.[5]
- Sergeant O - Platoon Sergeant. Commanded vehicle which struck Alana Burke and Thomas Harkin.[6]
- Corporal P
- Private Q - Probably shot Michael Bradley.[7]
- Private R - Probably shot Jackie Duddy.[8]
- Private S - Inquiry could not eliminate possibility he shot Patrick Brolly.[9]
- Private T - Probably shot Patrick Brolly.[10]
- Private U
- Lance Corporal V - Probably shot Margaret Deery.[11]
Composite Platoon
- Captain 200 - Commander of the Composite Platoon attached to Support Company.
- Private L
- Private M
External Resources
Notes
- ↑ HISTORY – BLOODY SUNDAY – EVENTS OF THE DAY, Museum of Free Derry, accessed 7 April 2011.
- ↑ Report of The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 2 - Outline of events before the day, 15 June 2010.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
