Ted Loden Explained

Colonel Edward Charles Loden MC (9 July 1940 – 7 September 2013) was a British Army officer.^[1]

He was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in April 1960, and joined the Parachute Regiment in July 1961. He was awarded the Military Cross as a captain, serving as the Intelligence Ofiicer in 1 PARA, for his actions during the Aden Emergency in June 1967.^[2]

As a Major, while serving in Northern Ireland on Operation Banner, he was a commander during Bloody Sunday on 30 January 1972; he was later exonerated by the Bloody Sunday Inquiry.^[3] He went on to hold several other posts in the British Army, including Brigade Major to 44 Para Brigade, Commanding Officer of 4 Para, Defence Attaché in Tel Aviv, and Colonel of Depot Para in Aldershot. He retired from the Army on 30 September 1992.

Loden was shot dead on 7 September 2013 by armed robbers in Nairobi, Kenya, while he was visiting his son, who had also served with the Parachute Regiment.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=0bf8c869-4220-42c3-b244-1602d77e883e
2. Web site: Roll Call Colonel Edward C Loden, MC. 8 September 2013. ParaData. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081820/http://www.paradata.org.uk/people/edward-c-loden. live.
3. Web site: Bloody Sunday: Key soldiers involved. 15 June 2010. 8 September 2013. BBC News. 4 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141004165801/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10287463. live.
4. Web site: Army colonel Edward Loden killed in Kenya. 7 September 2013. 8 September 2013. BBC News. 10 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130910011700/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-24009761. live.
5. Web site: 'Bloody Sunday' Army Colonel Edward Loden murdered in Kenya . 3 April 2018 . 1 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170901115410/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/bloody-sunday-army-colonel-edward-2260638 . live .