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My first tour in the Province was in 1983 at the ripe old age of 18, I was an Artilleryman with 39 Heavy Regt Royal Artillery, our tour was short only a couple of months and consisted of time spent in the Crumlin Road jail, HMP Maze and patrols around the local areas of both prisons. My second tour was for six months (1992) with 27 Field Regt RA in the county of Fermanagh (Operation Loren) the purpose of this operation was to protect all the civilian construction workers who were upgrading the PVCP's (Permanent vehicle checkpoints) I worked in the control room for the first month or so however due to an injury sustained by one of the lads I volunteered to take up his post as a team commander which I did until the end of the tour. All went well and no casualties.
My time spent there really opened my eyes to the troubles in Northern Ireland and the whole thing really has had a lasting effect with me.
My time spent there really opened my eyes to the troubles in Northern Ireland and the whole thing really has had a lasting effect with me.
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