Armagh: Man's convictions for murder of soldiers quashed
Patrick Thompson denied any role in an IRA landmine explosion in south Armagh in July 1975.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Patrick Thompson: Man jailed for soldiers' murder in Armagh IRA attack was 'wrongly convicted', court hears
A man jailed for the murder of four British soldiers nearly 50 years ago was wrongly convicted on the basis of his alleged confession to an “irredeemably tainted” senior detective, the Court of Appeal heard today.
Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk
MLFHS, Oldham & District Branch Meeting and talk
Online on zoom Details: 'Passchendaele .. 1917... and some of the local men who lost their lives' A free, illustrated talk, on zoom, given by Sheila Goodyear The Battle of 3rd Ypres, Passchendaele, continued from 31st July to mid November. In that time there were 8 distinct Battles in which many hundreds of local men lost their lives. Sheila Goodyear has a personal link though her great uncle, Edward Garside Whitehead. Edward enlisted in the Grenadier Guards and was killed in action, as a machine gunner, age 21. His body was never recovered and he is remembered on the Menin Gate, Ypres. In th...
Source: oldham-chronicle.co.uk