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A Journey from Bridgetown to Belfast

This is an account of the author’s experiences beginning in the 1960’s when many young men his age from the then British Colonies and former colonies in the West Indies were immigrating to the United Kingdom seeking a better life. Starting out as a Bus Conductor with London Transport, he quickly swapped his Ticket Machine for a Sterling Gun-Machine, preferring a stint in the military, a life he had been introduced to back in his native land, having served with the Barbados Regiment. He enlisted in the British Army and served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers for 12 years mainly in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), West Germany during the Cold War years. The highlight of his service included tours of the then World’s #2 hotspot of Belfast in Northern Ireland during what became quite aptly known as “The Troubles.” During his career he has served with the elite Grenadier and Coldstream Guards Regiment, as well as the Royal Corps of Transport (RCT), The Light Infantry an Aircraft Workshop and the Royal Army Medical Corps.