Ted Loden
Colonel Edward Charles Loden MC (9 July 1940 – 7 September 2013) was a British Army officer.[1]
He was awarded the Military Cross as a captain for his actions during the Aden Emergency in June 1967.[2]
Loden, at the time a Major, was a commander during Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972; he was later exonerated by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.[3]
Loden was shot dead on 7 September 2013 by armed robbers in Nairobi, Kenya, while he was visiting.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0bf8c869-4220-42c3-b244-1602d77e883e
- ^ "Roll Call Colonel Edward C Loden, MC". ParaData. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Bloody Sunday: Key soldiers involved". BBC News. 15 June 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ "Army colonel Edward Loden killed in Kenya". BBC News. 7 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ 'Bloody Sunday' Army Colonel Edward Loden murdered in Kenya
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