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Feb 5

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We congratulate Mr Jeffers upon being appointed into the role & we will be seeking an early meeting with him.

It is a matter of public record that our IVU constituency of victims (the largest constituency of victims) had lost confidence & trust in the ..

..outgoing Commissioner, as had others. We were clear that unless a systemic review of the operations of that office were to take place that it was non-sensical for the position to be filled.

Never again should a Commissioner be given the latitude to appoint those with serious..

..criminal convictions in the context of 'the Troubles' onto a Victims Form, this is not inclusion, this is targeted exclusion of an entire constituency of innocent victims.

Never again should a Commissioner be allowed to represent a marginal position within victims but refuse..

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Feb 4

SEFF remembers Sig Les Walsh, 17, from Blackpool, murdered 48 yrs ago, in the PIRA M62 Coach Bomb, 4/2/74. The M62 Coach bomb was a Provisional IRA bomb detonated within the luggage compartment of a coach which was carrying army personnel & families from Manchester to Catterick..

..Garrison.

Les' summers were spent travelling from the stables to the beach where he & his brother, Albert would walk donkeys giving rides to the holiday makers - this is why this image of a donkey is depicted on his patch in the ‘Terrorism knows NO borders’ memorial quilt. ..

..Les was believed to have never been happier than when he joined the army.

Speaking in SEFF’s ‘Innocent Victims United’ publication Les' brother Albert -“The immediate impact on my family was devastating. We had no phone at home, my Mother had heard about a bomb but there ....

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Feb 4

The M62 Coach Bomb, 4/2/74 in northern England, when a PIRA bomb, consisting of 25 lbs of high explosives, hidden in a luggage locker, exploded on a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel & families. 9 soldiers & 3 civilians) were murdered. (11 at the scene with..

.. a 12th dying 4 days later)
An entire family were murdered in the blast - the Haughtons - Clifford, his wife Linda & his sons Lee, 5 & Robert, 2. Numerous others suffered severe injuries, including a 6-yr-old boy, who was badly burned.
The driver, Roland Handley, was injured..

..by flying glass & was hailed as a hero for bringing the coach safely to a halt.

SEFF thoughts & prayers are with the families of all affected.

Bdr Terence Griffins, 24
Gnr Leonard Godden, 22
Sig Michael Waugh, 22
Sig Leslie Walsh, 17
Sig Paul Reid, 17
LCpl James McShane, 28..

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Jan 31

SEFF remembers Philip Rafferty, 14, RC, murdered 48 yrs ago, 31/1/73 by UDA/UFF after he was abducted close to his home in Andersonston, around 21:30 the day before when on his way to band practice. He was found hooded & shot at the Giant's Ring.

His parents reported him ...

..missing to the RUC in the early hrs the next day not knowing their son's body had already been found after police were tipped off anonymously.

It was believed by the police that Philip's killers made him kneel on a grass bank, his coat pulled over his head & then shot. He'd ..

..just celebrated his 14th birthday 2 wks before.

Philip's Jewish uncle wrote 2 days later to a London paper condemning stating that he (the uncle) had lost a cousin in Hitler's gas chambers. "now 30 yrs on, another child had died needlessly", adding that Philip was "a small..

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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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