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Another inconsistency in the evidence was the diIIiculty oI marrying up the evidence given by
the soldiers as to the shots they had Iired with the indisputable evidence oI the wounds suIIered
by the dead and injured. The ammunition check made aIter the event by the army showed that
Support Company had Iired 108 rounds oI 7.62 mm ammunition Irom selI-loading riIles
|Widgery, paragraph 40|. 102 oI these rounds were Iired during the crucial 30 minutes. In only
two cases out oI the 13 deceased were identiIiable bullets recovered Irom the bodies, so that it is
possible to say with certainty that Soldier F shot Michael Kelly and Soldier 0 shot Gerald
Donaghy. In no other case can any soldier's description oI his actions be matched exactly to the
gunshot wounds suIIered by any victim, although Widgery was able to make an educated guess
as to which soldier or group oI soldiers may have been responsible Ior some oI the killings.
Widgery said that he had no way oI knowing how many shots each soldier had Iired other than
by their own account, and he gave a breakdown oI the shots Iired at paragraph 62 oI his report.
From this breakdown, it emerges that no oIIicer above the rank oI lieutenant Iired any shot.
Eleven privates were responsible Ior Iiring 62 rounds between them, while ten oIIicers Iired 46
rounds altogether. Only three soldiers altogether Iired more than 10 rounds: Private S Iired 12,
Lance Corporal F Iired 13, and Private H Iired 22 (20 oI all the shots Iired by the Paras).
Private H's evidence to the inquiry was that 19 oI these shots were Iired at a sniper Iiring Irom a
window oI a Ilat in GlenIada Park. Photographic and other evidence showed that no shots had
been Iired through the window in question, and Widgery discounted H's evidence, ruling that the
19 shots were unaccounted Ior |paragraph 85|. In an interview during the Remember Bloody
Sunday programme, 1 Para's Company Sergeant Major revealed that one soldier had actually
expended two more rounds than he had been issued. The exchange with Peter Taylor, the
reporter, went as Iollows:
"CSM: I was quite happy about the normal return oI one round, two rounds, three
rounds. But then er I came to this particular soldier who had actually expended
two more rounds than he's been issued. And I was concerned about it.

PT: Two rounds more than he'd been issued?

CSM: He'd act ... he'd expended two rounds more than he'd been issued.

PT: That's Soldier H?

CSM: I'm not prepared to say who it was but there was a soldier who had expended
two rounds more - well it was in Iact on the Widgery Report came on - it came
out on the Widgery Report.

PT: Widgery doesn't say he expended two rounds more than he'd been issued with.

CSM: Well he did.
Peter Taylor then asked the Company Sergeant Major what his reaction had been and what he
had said to the soldier.

"CSM: I said, 'What the hell were you doing?' And he said, 'I was Iiring at the enemy,'
he said, 'I was Iiring at gunmen.

PT: Did you believe him?

CSM: I didn't know what to think at the time.

PT: Did you believe him?

CSM:
No. Knowing the soldier as - as I do know him I don't believe he was Iiring at
gunmen.

PT: Did you see any gunmen?

CSM: No.

PT: Did you see any weapons?

CSM: No.

PT: Did you see any nail bomber?

CSM: No."