Story Title |
Peter - Cheshire Regiment |
Story Available |
Not on-line. Story available in published book. |
Story Format |
Text (pages 91-103 in the book) |
Story Source |
Story contained in the book: Lindsay, John. (1998). Brits Speak Out: British Soldiers' Impressions of the Northern Ireland Conflict. Derry: Gulidhall Press. See also: http://cain.ulster.ac.uk/othelem/people/accounts/lindsay.htm |
Identity Provided? |
No; forename only. |
Interviewee Forename(s) |
Peter |
Language Spoken |
English |
Interviewee Gender |
Male |
Birth Country |
England |
Nationality |
English |
Occupation during conflict |
British soldier, Member of British Army (BA), Cheshire Regiment |
Status |
Former member of British Army (BA), former member of Security Forces |
Published Format |
Document |
Story Abstract |
'Peter joined the army in 1973. His first tour of Northern Ireland (based in Ballymurphy) was in 1974 as he turned eighteen years old. His next two tours in 1976 and 1978 were based in Creggan. Peter's final tour was based in Ballykelly from 1982 to 1894. In December 1982 he was at a disco in the Droppin' Well Bar in Ballykelly when an INLA bomb exploded, killing seventeen people. Compiled form questionnaire and correspondence, December 1997 to June 1998.' (from page 91 in the book) |
Themes/Topics Mentioned |
Security Forces; Killing |
Dates Mentioned |
6 September 1972 [1970s]; Monday 6 December 1982 [1980s] |
Events Mentioned |
The Droppin' Well bomb [6 September 1972]; Bloody Sunday [30 January 1972]; Brighton bomb [12 October 1984] |
Places Mentioned |
The 'Murph [Ballymurphy west Belfast]; Beechwood area of Derry [County Derry, Northern Ireland]; Creggan [County Derry, Northern Ireland]; Ballykelly [County Derry, Northern Ireland] |
People Mentioned |
The Reverand Ian Paisley; Peter Robinson; Margaret Thatcher; Jim Prior; Mo Mowlam; John Major |
Organisations Mentioned |
British Army (BA); The Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC); Provisional IRA (PIRA); Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) |