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Soldier F

Solider to Stand Trial for Bloody Sunday Killings

By Brian Dooley
IA Newsletter, February 1, 2025

January 29, 2025 by 1 Comment

Bogside mural on Lecky Street, Londonderry. The mural depicts the famous photo of Father Edward Daly, waving a blood-stained white handkerchief as he escorts a mortally-wounded protester to safety during the events of Bloody Sunday (1972) in Derry, Northern Ireland. Photo: Wikipedia

We’re supposed to call him Soldier F, for legal reasons. His real name is widely known among those familiar with the history of Bloody Sunday, the massacre of 13 unarmed protestors in Derry on January 30, 1972 – another died shortly after. In all, 27 unarmed civilians were killed or injured by British soldiers that day – many of them while attending to the wounded or fleeing … [Read more...] about Solider to Stand Trial for Bloody Sunday Killings

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