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*Brigadier [[Patrick MacLellan]] - Commander of [[8th Infantry Brigade]], the Army brigade in charge of the Derry area.<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter002/ Report of The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 2 - Outline of events before the day], 15 June 2010.</ref> | *Brigadier [[Patrick MacLellan]] - Commander of [[8th Infantry Brigade]], the Army brigade in charge of the Derry area.<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter002/ Report of The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 2 - Outline of events before the day], 15 June 2010.</ref> | ||
===1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA)=== | ===1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (1 PARA)=== | ||
| − | Lt Col [[Derek Wilford]] - Commander of [[1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment]]. | + | *Lt Col [[Derek Wilford]] - Commander of [[1st Battalion, The Parachute Regiment]]. |
| + | *Major [[Norman Nicholls]] - Second in Command.<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter009/Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry | ||
| + | - Volume I - Chapter 9, 2010.</ref> | ||
| + | *Captain [[Mike Jackson]] - Adjutant.<ref>[http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter009/Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry | ||
| + | - Volume I - Chapter 9, 2010.</ref> | ||
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===Support Company, 1 PARA=== | ===Support Company, 1 PARA=== | ||
*Major [[Ted Loden]] - Commander of Support Company, 1 Para. | *Major [[Ted Loden]] - Commander of Support Company, 1 Para. | ||
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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.
- Major Norman Nicholls - Second in Command.[3]
- Captain Mike Jackson - Adjutant.[4]
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[5]
- Private B - May have shot Damien Donaghey and injured John Johnston[6]
Anti-Tank Platoon
- Lieutenant 119 - Commander of Anti Tank Platoon.[7].
- Soldier 027 - Radio operator.
- Corporal E - Inquiry could not eliminate the possibility that he shot one of William Nash, John Young or Michael McDaid. Probably shot Patrick O'Donnell.[8].
- Lance Corporal F - Shot Michael Kelly. May have shot William McKinney. May have shot Joe Friel. Shot Bernard McGuigan and Patrick Doherty. Probably shot Patrick Campbell and Daniel McGowan.[9]
- Lance Corporal J - May have shot one of William Nash, John Young or Michael McDaid. May have shot Alexander Nash.[10]
- Private G - May have shot Michael Quinn. May have shot Joe Friel. May have shot Jim Wray. Shot Gerard McKinney and Gerald Donaghey.[11]
- Private H - May have shot William McKinney. May have shot Michael Quinn. May have shot Jim Wray.[12]
Composite Platoon "Guinness Force"
- Captain 200 - Commander of the Composite Platoon attached to Support Company.
- Colour Sergeant 002 - May have ordered shooting of Kevin McElhinney.[13]
- Corporal 039 - May have ordered shooting of Kevin McElhinney.[14]
- Private L - May have shot Kevin McElhinney.[15]
- Private M - May have shot Kevin McElhinney.[16]
Mortar Platoon
- Lieutenant N - Commander of the Mortar Platoon of Support Company. Probably shot Michael Bridge.[17]
- Sergeant O - Platoon Sergeant. Commanded vehicle which struck Alana Burke and Thomas Harkin.[18]
- Corporal P - Shot at least one and possibly all of William Nash, John Young and Michael McDaid. May have shot Alexander Nash.[19]
- Private Q - Probably shot Michael Bradley.[20]
- Private R - Probably shot Jackie Duddy.[21]
- Private S - Inquiry could not eliminate possibility he shot Patrick Brolly.[22]
- Private T - Probably shot Patrick Brolly.[23]
- Private U - Shot Hugh Gilmour.
- Lance Corporal V - Probably shot Margaret Deery.[24]
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.
- ↑ [http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter009/Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 9, 2010.
- ↑ [http://report.bloody-sunday-inquiry.org/volume01/chapter009/Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 9, 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.
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- ↑ The events of the day, Report of the The Bloody Sunday Inquiry - Volume I - Chapter 3, 2010.
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- ↑ 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.
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