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General Sir '''Frank Douglas King'''. Served as British Army General officer Commanding, Northern Ireland, from February 1973 to August 1975.<ref>W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.</ref>
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{{Template:Northern Ireland badge}}General Sir '''Frank Douglas King'''. Served as British Army [[General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland]], from February 1973 to August 1975.<ref>W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.</ref>
  
 
General King's command in Northern Ireland coincided with the [[Ulster Workers Council]] strike. It was widely believed that he was not anxious for his troops to become involved in strike-breaking activities.<ref>W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.</ref>
 
General King's command in Northern Ireland coincided with the [[Ulster Workers Council]] strike. It was widely believed that he was not anxious for his troops to become involved in strike-breaking activities.<ref>W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.</ref>
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==Affiliations==
 
==Affiliations==
 
*[[Control Risks]] - Former director
 
*[[Control Risks]] - Former director
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==External resources==
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*Barry McCaffrey, [http://www.thedetail.tv/issues/192/joe-mccann-story/declassified-documents-reveal-army-lobbied-attorney-general-not-to-prosecute-soldiers Declassified documents reveal army lobbied Attorney General not to prosecute soldiers], ''The Detail'', 15 April 2013.
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
 
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[[Category:Northern Ireland|King, Frank]][[Category:State Violence and Collusion Project|King, Frank]]

Latest revision as of 10:20, 15 April 2013

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General Sir Frank Douglas King. Served as British Army General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland, from February 1973 to August 1975.[1]

General King's command in Northern Ireland coincided with the Ulster Workers Council strike. It was widely believed that he was not anxious for his troops to become involved in strike-breaking activities.[2]

Affiliations

External resources

Notes

  1. W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.
  2. W.D Flackes, Sydney Elliott, Northern Ireland: A Political Directory 1968-88, Blackstaff Press, 1989, p.165.