Ken served as a soldier in the British Army during the 1970s and began writing in 2008 as a means of conveying his unvarnished and sometimes provocative viewpoints of how "The Troubles " were experienced from the British squaddie's viewpoint - he makes no apology for being absolutely pro-squaddie in his perspective.

The Books

‘A Long Long War; Voices from The British Army in Northern Ireland, 1969-98’ is an oral history based on the chronology of the troubles.

 

‘Bullets, Bombs and Cups of Tea; Further Voices of the British Army in Northern Ireland’ is a further oral and historical analysis of the troubles based on geographical locations with separate parts covering Belfast, Londonderry etc.

‘Bloody Belfast’ covers the British Army’s fight against the IRA and concentrates mainly on the killing grounds of the Ardoyne, New Lodge, Ballymurphy Estate, Andersonstown and Turf lodge.

‘The Bloodiest Year; Northern Ireland, 1972’ is an oral and historical analysis of the worst year of the troubles and like the others, contains previously unpublished photos, taken by the squaddies themselves. Review>>

 
Future Books

Stories told by British soldiers are the lifeblood of these books, and I am seeking contributions from those who served in Northern Ireland during the 1970s, for two new books covering the periods 1973-4 and 1975-9.

Contributors can be anonymous if so desired or use a nom-de-plume. I ask that the contributor try and remember the sights, sounds, emotions, even the smells of the incidents which they are writing about. For some it was the smell of boiled cabbage and stale urine in some of the nationalist homes; for others it was the smell of coal fires in north Belfast. Write and tell me what you wish the world to know. e: ken_wharton@hotmail.com
1973-4 & 1975-9
 

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