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The Aldershot Bombing & The Parachute Regiment #339

Posted on 15 May 202315 May 2023 by Chris Thrall

The Aldershot Bombing & The Parachute Regiment, features John Bosely, who’s mother was murdered at Aldershot Barracks in 1972.

The Aldershot Bombing & The Parachute Regiment

John Bosley is a former Sapper in the Royal Engineers. Unlike his father & brothers, who all joined the Parachute Regiment, John initially went for training with the Royal Marines. Thelma Bosley & six other people, were killed at Aldershot Barracks in 1972.

Transcript from ‘A Commando Dagger In Hollywood’ podcast

John – One of my brothers was very vocal in trying to get it addressed. It really rankered him over a long period. The Bloody Sunday inquiry went on over 12 years. The Northern Ireland troubles go back way longer than we acknowledge. It goes back to 800 years or so. The recent period of trouble started in the late sixties.

There was tensions between the Protestant loyalist Community and the Catholics. The Catholics were in favour of Northern Ireland becoming part of southern Ireland and being reunited into one country. Initially the British government deployed security there to protect the Catholics from attacks from the Protestants.