Soldiers' Stories Northern Ireland 4

[@plumduff3303]

Takes me back to those days ...how dangerous they were.

[@Clusters3rdStrikeArc]

that boy that was delivering his kid, legend

[@FirstLast-ow1pt]

Listening to a group of kids signing 'another bites the dust' after picking the remains of your friend. Ugly war, horrible

[@seamustroy4747]

Why did the English allow there sons to be sent to NI to be killed trying to prop up a sectarian state

[@seanodonnell7716]

I actually laughed at that one

[@andisadler2897]

@@seamustroy4747 Why did the Irish come to England and bomb innocent civilians? Soldiers ordered to do their duty faces a barrage of petrol bombs and bricks from 100s and you expect them not to retaliate? would you? All that killing and hurt and overall it didnt you anywhere did it. UK still rule NI. Alot more into it than a few biased silly comments from republicans. Bombs planted in hospitals! WTF and you still call the British. IRA sent to Gibraltar to plot and blow up British soldiers, then get themselves shot dead and the British get the blame!. Why send them to Gibraltar in the first place.

[@Stevenbfg]

@@andisadler2897 _"Why did the Irish come to England and bomb innocent civilians?"_ Where should I start mate? We got 700 years of British brutality in Ireland before we get to Irish bombs in England.

[@SeanMcConeghy]

@@andisadler2897 Maybe if they British hadn't gone to Ireland to spend centuries massacring and starving us, you'd have a point. Every single act perpetrated by the British government and loyalist terrorist organizations was an act of unjustified aggression.

[@martinriley106]

The guys that got to go down the pub after patrol were lucky. Crossmaglen would blow your head off if you walk in a bar there! We never got any respite when we were there in 1979.

[@theamaturegolfer7798]

That’s very true about what he said of snipers in the trees. In south Armagh its written on sign posts, sniper active. It fucks you up when you go back home after a 6 month tour. A car back fires at night your dragging your misses out of bed taking cover.

[@propstano1]

props to the Felix ATO "I'm a bit ragged round the edges(after being blown up) but i got away with it..." what a legend and a lucky bastard too!!

[@Johnnewtongardening]

Bombing a hospital is not a good move.

[@conorgilsenan3821]

Ye even for us (ira) that was pretty shitty

[@kidyfiddler5527]

Wy don't u like England were all that same at the end of the day were not pakys or nothin

[@proudtobeirish455]

killed brits

[@kidyfiddler5527]

proud to be irish 45 so😂most Brits are from Irish decent

[@proudtobeirish455]

@@kidyfiddler5527 are u on drugs

[@tomdevlin9274]

There is much that I would disagree with in terms of how the British army behaved during the war but that is neither here nor there. These are soldiers' memories, horrors and realities from that time. It puts a lot of what happened into perspective. It allows me to understand. It was a dirty war. It was a long, slow, dark time. The scars will never go away, entirely, but they might just fade enough to be tolerable.

[@georgebuller1914]

Sadly - given the Irish way of thinking - the scars will NEVER fade away!

[@cathfarr6403]

Yes how dare those uppity Irish resist our colonisation pip up old boy! Let’s go to pizza max with Andrew

[@wor53lg50]

​​​​@@cathfarr6403it was economic migration is all, whats your problem with that?, you razist?..or so woke your turned your mind into turd!, or just a plain ol simple blind hypocrite...

[@MrKingers]

Worst bollocking I ever got, was from an ATO. We were doing escort, he'd to stay with the front rover, and, we weren't hanging around. When we arrived at the "scene" you could hear the stuff rattling around in the back of his rig. Like broken china.....Coolest guy I ever met, bollocking or not. Bigger balls than me.

[@joejoe2928]

ROYAL SCOTS 1972 ,AGE 18 ..PTE SOLDIER I RECIEVED £3. PER WEEK ...TO PUT MY LIFE ON THE LINE AND HE SCARED WITLESS..

[@lolingfish9801]

@@proudtobeirish455 shut up mate

[@georgebuller1914]

@@lolingfish9801 Why call PTBI 'mate?' Mick wanker!

[@wor53lg50]

Wasnt you somebody else in your comments in the last episode, stop being a disrespectful idiot and get a fukin life... God i hope a real ex squaddie recognise's you and calls your bluff..

[@joejoe2928]

@@wor53lg50 YOU ARE A JUDGMENTAL MORON WHO COULDN'T TELL A REAL VETERAN FROM YOUR ARSE ,GOD BLESS YOU I SERVED IN TWO REGIMENTS THE SCOTS GUARDS AND ROYAL SCOTS ,GO AND BOIL YOUR HEAD SOAK SOME SENSE INTO YOUR EVIL HEAD OH ALSO GO AND BUY A DICTIONARY LEARN SOME DECENT ENGLISH..

[@brendanrodgers7362]

That soldier saying the IRA man wet himself and let him go ,don't know if i believe that he wouldve got his brains blown out

[@dstblj5222]

maybe, but would you realize that at the time

[@maginotline7490]

You’re a wetty

[@richyrich1311]

He was literally making it up as he went along hahahaha

[@guyrodgers8126]

FUCK YOU! Guy Christian Rodgers. You know - FUCK ALL!

[@crunchback2779]

Obviously he lied the mong

[@pgarland9714]

He shuda stayed in England 🤣🤣

[@guyrodgers8126]

ALL CLEAR AT THE BACK!

[@Ben-hb4my]

Bombing hospitals and threatening nurses, fuck me those PIRA boys were brave warriors!!

[@barryhackett4227]

Yes they were

[@grahamwatts8836]

Australian boy in the 1970’s saw it on TV felt so sorry for all the Irish people. My English Dad said the troops did not want to be there, the IRA wanted them out, the Irish people too and the British people too, only reason for deployment was to protect the Loyalist side. It was an age old Irish domestic problem. In the 1970’s the Politician’s should have started a de escalation program and made effective and serious attempts to have peace talks, even involve independent mediation ie the UN would have saved many lives.

[@tomdevlin9274]

Recent history proves your point. There was never gratitude from many loyalists - just expectation. There are still many who expect Britain to send the Cavalry back to the six counties (and beyond) for no other reason than they believe they can. The conflict in NI was brutal and unforgiving. Many of us, now in our winter years , still live with the nightmares of what happened. No one with a modicum of sense would entertain a similar life for our children. Yet, today, Stormont lies empty.

[@invisibleman4827]

The people that the IRA claimed to be fighting to defend regularly voted for political parties that begged the IRA to stop their endless violence. And the civil rights movement never threw their support behind them. In fact, the IRA saw them as a rival and a threat for recruitment and persecuted their leaders.

[@invisibleman4827]

The people that the IRA claimed to be fighting to defend regularly voted for political parties that begged the IRA to stop their endless violence. And the civil rights movement never threw their support behind them. In fact, the IRA saw them as a rival and a threat for recruitment and persecuted their leaders.

[@steveforster9764]

Threatening nursing staff oh how brave how strong and noble.

[@thekronkavirus8717]

7:40 song?

[@rubydawn1]

I believe one day Ireland will be just Ireland as it should be.

[@williamwallace4924]

Should the island of Britain be just Britain as it should be instead of three different countries in it?.

[@TheDiscoz3]

The most reasoned and rational response on this whole comments section. Germany is really Poland then, France is really Germany, Spain is really France you fucking spastic little slag.@@williamwallace4924

[@jackietreehorn5561]

​@@TheDiscoz3such a educated response

[@neilharrison8568]

we named our local car park after bobby, cause it was long and thin, funny as fook

[@johntunney1864]

Funny as everytime he DIDNT get caught ;*

[@conorgilsenan3821]

That was lousy

[@wor53lg50]

Didnt he escape under the door?..

[@richyrich1311]

Another one bites the dust !!!!!!!!

[@alastairwest5200]

RAF Reg were awesome...

[@jacquiewalton1355]

How's it going 'Alastair' ? ...Did you know MrMick Roach who was "in the RAF" ?

[@folklore]

An Irish Harry Potter??@01:53

[@stevetrivago]

✊🏼

[@stephenmcguire8545]

Shouldn't off been in Ireland in the frist place....

[@alwaysgood6200]

And another one bites the dust Another One Bites the Dust brilliant next

[@daviddixon7568]

I know a lot of these soldiers were from working class areas in England an some of the poor bastards got an awful life but they knew wat they were gettin into so good enough for dem. Tiocfaidh ar la.

[@georgebuller1914]

Sadly, most of them DIDN'T know what they were getting in to. As a lot of the poor Irish lads who signed on with the IRA and other Irish 'factions' also didn't. The only 'winners' were the fat-arsed politicians and 'leaders'...

[@mst3k4evur]

Several thousand

[@A-Good-Old-Rebel]

We should not have been there in the first place, but that was a ship that sailed centuries ago, religion caused the hatred and the divide in the first place and our country done your forefathers an injustice, as was done by so many in those days.

[@georgebuller1914]

Try to remember this: Your average 'thick Mick' isn't that interested in what is happening today, but rather what happened centuries ago!....

[@Irishman0855]

@@georgebuller1914except it’s not centuries ago is it it’s just been going on for centuries

[@jjhearn]

hmmm debatable...

[@shayomega7779]

you are an army in another country

[@Cottam89]

shayomega protecting civilians

[@monkeyspankerful]

I used to wonder what I was doing there, until I got a cup of tea from a proddy farmer and a deal on a combat jacket in XMG Friday market...... If you smile at the enemy, they'll always smile back.

[@wor53lg50]

Northern ireland is uk..

[@michealwestover1971]

the Irish have trained english troops to be very effective eg Kuwait but we are the teachers and the english are learning very slowly but ni bigots are being left behind

[@mikehunt2359]

J bertramp more like

[@TheOneAndOnlyNaiNai]

7:40 funny as fuckk

[@herrickmaster77]

IRA using threat tatics on the hospital staff i hope it was them the blades riddled at Loughgall !

[@richardloring7545]

South Armagh looks like paradise

[@lynsileedrummond9329]

C

[@Lachausis]

LMAO, the pregnant woman story. Classic war story.

[@monkeyspankerful]

Sounds like bollocks to me.

[@alfasweden]

How come the British have not gone beyond the border to do the same damage ?

[@danny148mb]

That would be a declaration of war of a strong ally and the EU. Plus last time I checked the provos where based in the north not Republic.

[@gremlinuk1968]

hunger strike ,,,? you can go with no food for about 4 weeks,? , so how they live for 60+ days,, just drinking water, ?

[@acidbrotherhood]

Many times prisoners were force fed

[@A-Good-Old-Rebel]

Enough people died in that conflict to fill everyone's boots, its shit but it happened, let it go instead of trying to fuel the dying embers of something that should never've happened.

[@maxlawlor5826]

8:40 big man

[@georgebuller1914]

Who? The Mick with the rifle - or the Medic doing his job?

[@jjhearn]

@TheGleeson1987 Don't say you hate us then wear our uniforms.

[@flyer7799]

How to avoid such terrible situations, don’t colonize/occupy other people’s land!

[@wor53lg50]

It was migration, thats got ya tongue aint it, ya lefty woke hypocrite...

[@caseyaylward8853]

Exactly

[@billmoore4811]

Bobby sands, slimmer of the year award,. Kicked out of rathcoole...KAI,

[@paulspydar]

y`know they buried him in a pool cue case..

[@jjhearn]

How many legit IRA guys were there though? Not an awful lot...

[@ant-gn4tp]

Ha ha

[@bouchacourtthierry8506]

If British army were not there ...the situation could be the same than ex Yougoslavia ethnic War ... for a no Irish/anglo saxon ...this War seems crazy : poeple speacking the same language ...Drive on left ...go to the pub ...drink tea and beer ...are crazy about soccer ...look the same ...there are more physical différences un m'y country between nord and south and est and west than un between Irish/British/Scottish ...and those people hated them each eather !!! Sorry for my English ...I am felling very sorry about those British soldiers that was excellent professionnels !!! Imagine instead of them ...milicians ...non professionnals ...no discipline ..

[@seanhickey6140]

Laughing at the fact they are calling Irish Republican soldiers ‘terrorists’ even tho they the ones coming into our country with guns and tanks

[@markellis6680]

Sean Hickey soldiers ????

[@louiswallis8687]

Sean Hickey we didn’t bomb innocent civilians going about their day. Although Bloody Sunday did occur. We did not invade Ireland but defended land of the crown. The IRA were and are cowards

[@marksonwilson4835]

@@louiswallis8687 Just like the British killing innocent Irish for 800 years lol

[@Devil-tm4nu]

Markson Wilson Is that supposed to justify the IRAs actions or something?

[@lickspittle1]

+ Sean Hickey We didnt bring tanks...and Northern Ireland is part of the UK

[@geraldberliner5260]

Really could have done without the fucking music

[@udubidub]

South Armagh WILLY FRAZER he will keep you wright.

[@ingridafabiani8068]

the british should have got all soviet on them. problem solved in 2 days

[@jamesmccann355]

no one asked your opinion. but for the record. have a look at the cause of the troubles.

[@rubydawn1]

they might of supplied the I.R.A with weapons.

[@TheBlackcular]

Like the Soviets did in Afghanistan right???

[@wor53lg50]

​​​@@rubydawn1 they did through mad dog gaddafi...and victor bout....only difference is mad dogs was on the slate victors wasnt,💰all donations from our american friennnnn hut hum supposedly allies....

[@Fishingadventureuk]

The IRA smashed the Brits the Brits went back with their tails between Thier legs !

[@lickspittle1]

Ellioy Oneill Really........wheres this united Ireland? and i remember the IRA giving up their arms ......dont remember the British army giving up its arms. Defeated armies give up their weapons ... not that the IRA were ever an army.

[@Fishingadventureuk]

@@lickspittle1 they never recovered Amy weaponry mate honestly. Have a look into it buddy .

[@lickspittle1]

@@Fishingadventureuk www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/the-ira-puts-its-arms-beyond-use-in-2005-decommissioning-process-1.2366526

[@wor53lg50]

But the north still north, where do you clueless braindead freaks crawl out from, swabs little pocket money bums for his shower, sick thing is you aint even irish this woke pufter...why didnt they find the arms, why do you think most of the weapons wasnt retreived, or handed in on the seize fire,there buried ready for zombie hunting season on you woke knuckle heads, you thick muppet... Get off your computer and out ya bedroom you sap on society and get to the library and read some proper history, not the shite your wank stain social media crack pots feed you, so you can feed other people ... Remember this isle where you live and hate so much is very small, and those glasses that you dont even need dont suit you,..

[@mst3k4evur]

That's an actor with a BB gun, not a member of the IRA.

[@billmoore4811]

Poor Martin, hope the died in agony,

[@malcolmcog]

A lot of Taigs were killed, not enough !

[@conlaiarla]

Hi Marc happy new year. You do know you can be traced on YT right ?

[@Stevenbfg]

Lets see what QAD thinks about this, Malcolm Coghill from Birmingham.

[@wor53lg50]

​@@Stevenbfg you know giving someone's information out is a criminal offence to right?...

[@Stevenbfg]

@@wor53lg50 Doxxing isn't a criminal offense, especially when they've made that information publicly available. Now Malcolms vile hate speech IS a criminal offense in the UK and you don't have much to say on that which tells me you hold similar beliefs.

[@michaellinch5828]

That’s a lie ... we all know that story with you pulling a short arm on a Vol in the back of a 🚑 is BS - Nope Never Happened

[@robbied2113]

Haha correct

[@wcstevens7]

Some soldiers are issued with side arms. Why not him.???

[@heneedssomemilk8652]

Yes Michael because you were clearly there and witnessed it go down. Every soldier post WWII was issued a side arm.

[@georgebuller1914]

FFS - you can't even spell your own surname correctly! LOL

[@wor53lg50]

​@@georgebuller1914as a merican would say, lets linch up.. If he pretending to be irish, missing the Y whilst being deceitfull should be a knee capital offence... Whatta muppet aye, bloody yanks...

[@danielkennedy6885]

Lol that soldier trying to make himself seem brave for the cameras "I pulled my pistol and he peed himself" I suppose he had also just finished helping little old ladies cross the road after single handedly wiping out the entire south Armagh brigade

[@georgebuller1914]

Hey, Kennedy, if I had my way, there wouldn't be a single Mick IRA tw*t still drawing breath today! Bunch of criminal cowards - to a man! We - the British - should have declared war on you tossers and wiped you out to a man/woman/child! Have a nice day!...

[@gruntymchunchy1527]

7:45 What a load of bollocks

[@seanodonnell7716]

GruntyMcHunchy aye

[@marxist854]

@Lachausis Classic BS more like

[@kswidh7372]

I hope I'm still around when Ireland is finally a united one republic.

[@kidyfiddler5527]

M8 u can have northern Orland IV never bin there anyway are island is bigger anyway😂😂are culture is basically identical anyway brother no being gay or nothing😂

[@kaipm1425]

Kidy Fiddler why can’t all british people be like you? So simple right?

[@wor53lg50]

​@@kidyfiddler5527that all depends on what part of britain my friend.

[@irwinpurcell]

Tiocfiadh ar la

[@alanduffy2931]

This is like British or American properganda Wouldn't say it to the soldiers though. Its a great shame seeing the Irish with bagpipes and kilts intelligent people. Loads of squadi friends, short stint myself, history was worse. All a crying shame. Forever has always been there we haven't when will humans realise their born, and stop fighting over religion politics etc squandering thier lives in pursuit of material goods, love and peace out

[@panchonuts7059]

Bobby Sands is still....dead like the dog that he was

[@kennethr2525]

Fuck you he was more brave than those English basterds

[@jasonenglish8133]

The music used in this doc is completely inappropriate.

[@ant-gn4tp]

Nice buy buy brits

[@louiswallis8687]

Anton O Reilly guess what! NI is still land of the crown fuck off 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 bye***

[@garystevens2329]

Its spelt bye bye you thick twat.

[@Manasses1961]

Some bullshit and lies being told there. 😂

[@markclarke2680]

Up the RA

[@barryhackett4227]

You have no right to there causing problems like you did all around the world killing and stealing it's criminal

[@proudtobeirish455]

im sorry its ok to defend the brits but they went into hospitals and dragged people out who were bleding to death awe feel sorry for the brits

[@georgebuller1914]

Any chance that you could put your comments into some kind of understandable format? Typo's accepted - the punctuation - and therefore the 'sense' of your comments is - well - shite!

[@emmsie276]

@George Buller I can fully understand his comment an I agree with it

[@georgebuller1914]

@@emmsie276 Okay. Then could you please explain them to me? For instance, when did the 'Brits' enter hospitals and drag out people who were bleeding to death?

[@emmsie276]

@George Buller i guess u wear rose colour glasses end of

[@georgebuller1914]

@@emmsie276 "End of?" I asked you for an explanation regarding the comments of PTBI 45 - and thats the best you can offer? I am MORE than willing to accept that we - the British - have done some bad/criminal things in our past, but to be honest, your comment regarding Rose coloured glasses just doesn't make sense to me...

[@michaellinch5828]

Up the ‘RA we got Ya Da

[@harrisonboone2248]

These British "soldiers" were sent to Ireland because they were the least trained and they would not be missed by their failed "empire".Their stories are comical and riddled with very obvious lies.

[@louiswallis8687]

Harrison Boone the empire never failed we gradually gave our subjects back their independence hahahah

[@michaelrobson9331]

Shut up you silly bastard,different units were rotated round different deployments. No single unit was 'less able' than the next.If a particular regiment was due to go wherever, that's where it went.Levels of training had nothing to do with it.In depot we were told some would go over the water,some wouldn't. You went where your regiment went.

[@micheal16sore]

These kids really started singing another one bites the dust after 5 Brits got blew up by the IRA. This is why u gotta love Irish people 😂😂😂

[@niceserb84]

😂😂😂😁😁😁😅

[@louiswallis8687]

micheal16sore British soldiers died how dare you make light of that

[@conorgilsenan3821]

Ye up the fucking ra Bois 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@Stevenbfg]

@@louiswallis8687 Great day for the parish.

[@olliephelan]

So those soldiers in the Dropping Well got to see what one of their hellfire or javelin missiles does to an Afghan village (Iraqi village/ Malaysian village/ omani village/ Yemeni village/ Kenyan village …….I should have started in alphabetical order) If the devastation comes from a fighter bomber or artillery , it seems to be more respectable ? It takes far more courage to carry it to its target. The British who launch their bombs from 30,000 feet or from a tube 20 miles away ? Id suggest ask yourself would you carry it ? No one accuses those soldiers of using "human shields", knowing how much danger theyre putting civilians in. It was SOP TO use human shields. Every squaddie that served there was told to patrol from civilian to civilian to window- as in the words of a Leftennant " An IRA gunman is less likely to take a pop if he thinks he might hit a civilian". If you don't believe me I can direct you to photos , back when the camera didn't lie. Those Afghans fighting against insurmountable odds, I have respect for despite their backwardness. It wasn't long ago that Europe backward in the same way. There could not be a stronger message than a BOMB planted by average people that your military occupation is NOT justified and that your guns are not welcome. There cannot be a STRONGER indication that we are a separate country than being divide BY A SEA !!! Ever heard the expression "Oceans apart" ? Its not an ocean , but connected to the Atlantic and that sea has been there since the last ice age.

[@georgebuller1914]

The soldiers who died in the Droppin' Well abomination, were little more than kids on the whole! Probably - in the main - from 'broken' families too! They likely saw 'soldering' as a way to escape their upbringings and similarly, likely had little interest in the historical/political reasons why they were being ordered to do as they did in the first place. That they were MURDERED whilst relaxing off-duty, speaks volumes to me about the patriotic 'IRA' and its cowardly attitude! As a 'Brit' I have always said that we should have declared war on the 'IRA' from the start - and wiped them out to a man/woman! After all, was THAT not the 'war' they wanted? IMHO - that is the 'war' we should have given them! Regarding your final comment but one, vis-a-vis, us being divided by a sea; don't forget: If we - the 'Brits' - hadn't employed so Many Irish workers down the Centuries, then the chances are that the Irish wouldn't have bred so many offspring and therefore wouldn't have spread across the world as they have. Also, as a nation with little in the way of 'exports' with which to trade, Ireland has always been something of a 'B' player (if not worse!) on the world stage! Finally, your last comment speaks volumes to me! It confirms - if I ever needed such confirmation - that until many Irish people are willing to accept and FORGIVE what happened in the past, then the way forward for Ireland will remain! FYI - the last Ice Age ENDED some 11,000 years ago!

[@olliephelan]

@@georgebuller1914 So , dont attack off duty soldiers ? Well , thats a new one !!!! And a pathetic excuse And the BA and the foreign office and Whitehall did refer to it as a war. Irish offspring spread across the World ? Yeah.....who scattered them there ? Your fucking army and navy did, and it too spread across 1/3 of the globe. So, screw youre outdated rules for war that you make for youre own convenience. Did any of your bombs ever have warnings ? So who are the "terrorists" ?? Take care of your own country. It needs help. (in case you havnt noticed)

[@richardloring7545]

Well put...very well argued

[@sasmcdade8685]

Get a different job. .

[@richardloring7545]

I dont believe the baby story...could be true but....???

[@Irishman0855]

Nah sounds like some self absorbed horse shit trying to make him self look like James bond

[@johnfarrell5075]

Professional Soldiers LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL