Private John Ballard, 18 years Royal Anglian Regiment,

[P-C]

Private John Ballard, 18 years, single, Royal Anglian Regiment, who was shot dead by IRA Terrorists in the Lower Falls area of Belfast, N Ireland, on 11th May 1972.
Private Ballard was shot by an IRA terrorist sniper while on foot patrol in Sultan Street, Belfast.
Today we remember him.

[Trebor]

R.I.P he was from our 3rd Battalion we took over from them in July/August 72.

[Coops]

[bigal]

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[dillon]

GBNF

[Jock2413]

Given recent events re Ballymurphy, where is the justice for this lad's family. Or don't we qualify as we were wearing a uniform and were acting according to the law.

[Madcalfe]

[Guest]

Given recent events re Ballymurphy, where is the justice for this lad's family. Or don't we qualify as we were wearing a uniform and were acting according to the law.

Totally agree, there are many of our brothers who went and never came back still waiting for justice.