Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford died at the age of 90 in Belgium, having suffered from Parkinson’s disease, according to an obituary in The Times. Bloody Sunday, on January 30 1972, was one of ...

The commander of the Parachute Regiment on Bloody Sunday, Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford, has died. Thirteen people were shot dead in the Bogside on 30 January 1972 when the army opened fire on ...

Former Lieutenant Colonel Derek Wilford was a man of great personal charm. He loved classics and history, as well as poetry and art, becoming an accomplished painter after he left the British Army.