Summary
- Mike Jackson, former second-in-command of the British army’s Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday, has passed away at 80.
- He was involved in both the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry in 1972 and the Ballymurphy massacres of August 1971.
- Despite his involvement, Jackson denied attempts to distort or cover up the events but issued an apology after the publication of Saville Report in 2010.
- Gen. Jackson served with distinction for over 40 years and was Chief of General Staff from 2003 to 2006.