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Jan 30

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SEFF remembers those killed on Bloody Sunday in L'derry/Derry, 50 yrs ago, 30/1/72. All were RCs.

Jack Duddy, 17
Paddy Doherty, 31 married - 6 kids
Hugh Gilmore. 17
Bernard McGuigan, 41 married
James Wray, 22
Michael Kelly, 17
William McKinney, 27
Gerard McKinney, 35 ...

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Kevin McElhinney 17
John Young 17
William Nash 19
Michael McDaid 17
John Johnston 59 married
12 civilians (& 1 member of IRA Youth Wing - Gerry Donaghy, 17) were shot dead by members of the Para. Reg. during a Civil Rights March through the Creggan Estate in L'derry, deemed ..

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illegal at the time, but is still disputed. A 14th victim died 4 mths later from his injuries (J. Johnston).
Following publication of the Saville Report, in '10 The UK PM, David Cameron, officially apologised.

Wrong unjustified actions by our legitimate security forces need..

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Jan 29

SEFF remembers RUCR Const William Baggley, 43, Protestant, accountant, married with 3 kids, murdered at Dungiven Rd, L'derry when PIRA gunmen opened fire on him & another officer on 29/1/74.

Linda, William's daughter, also RUC, was murdered 2 yrs later less than 100 yds away ...

..the same spot. The officer that was with William told the inquest that they were on patrol & had just passed an entry near a bar when he heard someone running & heard a series of 5 shots.
He said he felt his arm going numb & William fell. He said he ran about 60 feet & when ..

..he turned around there was a tall slim youth standing over William pointing a revolver at him while he lay on the ground.

He said he fired a shot at the gunman, who ran toward him firing 2 shots. He said he felt a burning sensation & fired 2 more shots at the youth but he ...

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Jan 28

SEFF remembers Matilda Witherington, 78, bank manager's widow, killed 48 yrs ago, 28/1/74. It's believed that when terrorists attacked an RAF bus outside her home in Shimna Pde, Newcastle, she was shot accidentally by an RAF Gnr as she watched the ambush from the first floor ...

..bedroom of her semi-detached home. In the uncertain early morning light she could have been thought to be a gunman as RAF security officers returned fire.
The bullet which killed Matilda was reported to be fired from a 7.62 calibre weapon more likely to be used by servicemen..

..than by the terrorists. It is thought she died almost immediately.
The bus, carrying about 2 dozen men, was attacked as it travelled along the quiet, residential Shimna Rd on its way to the RAF base at Bishopscourt. It was suddenly raked by gunfire as terrorists opened fire ...

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Jan 27

SEFF remembers RUC Const. Norman Anderson, 26, murdered 61 yrs ago 27/1/61 on the Fermanagh Monaghan border in the Border terrorist campaign of 56/62 by the Official IRA.

Norman was stationed at Rosslea. His widowed mother lived at Kintyre Rd, Larne. Norman was off duty & had ..

been returning to the station after visiting his girlfriend across the border in Monaghan. He was on his way back to his van when overpowered by his assailants, dragged up a laneway & shot repeatedly.

Norman's funeral was described in the Larne Times as ‘the biggest seen in ...

..E Antrim in living memory’. 1,000s from all over NI & Monaghan attended inc the then Minister of Home Affairs, Brian Faulkner & the inspector general of the RUC, Albert Kennedy.

Norman wasn'tforgotten. A few mths later 4 friends decided to form a band. When the word got ...

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Jan 27

SEFF remembers RUC Sgt Peter Gilgunn, 26, RC from Belcoo, Fermanagh, married with an 8 mth old son & RIC Const David Montgomery, 20, Protestant, from Cregagh area of E Belfast, murdered 50 yrs ago, 27/1/72, by PIRA as they drove along the Creggan Rd in L'derry.

Their car came..

..under fire by a no. of gunmen. One gunman fired from an alleyway & 2 others opened fire 40 yds away.

According to an RUC spokesman, the 2 officers didn't have a chance to return fire. The drive managed to accelerate to the RUC station despite his car being hit 17 times. ..

..During the attack, another officer was wounded & 2 others escaped injury.

In marking today's milestone anniversary SEFF will send a delegation to an outdoor Act of Remembrance held at the War Memorial in L'derry.

SEFF's thoughts & prayers are with all innocents impacted.

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Jan 26

SEFF remembers Edward Wilson, 16, Corporal in the Air Cadet force, from Mountcollyer St off York St in Belfast, murdered by a 10lb PIRA booby-trap bomb when it exploded as he opened an inner door of an Air Training Corps hut on the Cavehill Rd. on 26/1/75. 5 boys on the grounds..

..were slightly injured.

The scene was described by a neighbour: "the ATC building was in a shambles. One wall was completely gone & wreckage was scattered over a wide area. In a corner I saw a body trapped underneath a pile of rubbish. It was a horrible sight & obviously the ..

..lad was dead. His clothes were ripped to shreds. Blood was everywhere".

The bombers broke into the hut through the rear & attached the bomb to the adjutant's office. Edward's father said: "I was brought up in a mixed street - there are good & bad on both sides. Edward had ..

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