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British Army illegal killings in the north of Ireland

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The British Army carried out at least 400 killings of men, women and children in the north of Ireland since 1970. To date only a handful of British Army personnel have been held accountable for these murders.

  • Martha Campbell shot dead by a member of the British Army Parachute Regiment, on 14th May 1972 in Springhill Crescent, Belfast. No Enquiry, No Investigation.  
  • Aidan McAnespie 24 years, Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, he was shot dead by a British soldier as he crossed the border into the South of Ireland on 21 February 1988. Mr McAnespie had been on his way to ...  
  • Alex Moorehead 16 Years, Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone, shot dead in Newtownstewart on 7 October 1972, by members of the British Army's Ulster Defence Regiment. Alex Moorehead was the youngest of a ...  
  • Annette McGavigan 14 years old, Drumcliff Avenue, Derry City, shot in the back of the head by a British Army soldier on 6 September 1971.  
  • Anthony McDowell 13 years, Duneden Park, Ardoyne, north Belfast, shot dead on 19 April 1973, by members of the British Army’s Parachute Regiment.  
  • Bernard Fox, from Etna Drive, Ardoyne, North Belfast, was 16 years old when he was shot dead on 4 December 1972, by members of the British Army's Light Infantry Regiment. Bernard Fox was the fifth ...  
  • Brian Stewart 13 years, Norglen Crescent, Turf Lodge, west Belfast, hit by a plastic bullet near his home on 4 October 1976, fired by members of the British army’s King’s Own Scottish Borders. He ...  
  • Carol Ann Kelly 12 years, Twinbrook, west Belfast, shot by a plastic bullet fired by a member of the British Army’s Royal Fusiliers, on 19 May 1981. She died two days later.  
  • Daniel Barrett 15years, Havana Court, Ardoyne, north Belfast, shot dead sitting on the garden wall of his home on 9 July 1981, by members of the British army's Welsh Guards. Daniel was the second ...  
  • Daniel Hegarty was age 15 years, from Swilly Gardens, Creggan, Derry City. Daniel was shot dead on 31 July 1972, by members of the British Army's Royal Scots Regiment.  
  • Roisin McCooey has a strong faith, a faith made all the more resilient by the British Army murder of her son Daniel. When she prays, she feels she's closer to the son who was 20-years-old when he died on ...  
  • David McCafferty 15 years, Ballymurphy Drive, West Belfast, shot dead in Ballymurphy housing estate on 9 July 1972 by members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment. Four others, John Dougal ...  
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The names and circumstances of the death of the victims referred to on this website comes from court documents, witness statements, official reports, and respected human rights and civil liberties organisations such as Amnesty International. Allegations of the British Army Force Research Unit collusion in the murder of UK citizens, including the murder of human rights lawyer Patrick Finucane comes from the British Police Commissioner Sir John Stevens who conducted the official enquiry into British Army Collusion.

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