Poetry from the PTSD MIND

Poetry from the PTSD MIND by Steve Barker…….
I left School in 1979 and within a month joined the Royal Green Jackets in Winchester, after completing training joined 3 RGJ in Cambridge.I Continued to serve until 1989 in which I saw service in Cyprus on the UN, Germany, Ireland, Falklands, Canada, and of course the UK.In 2017 after many years of suffering, I was diagnosed with PTSD from three life threatening events during my service.

The Siege of Derry 1689

A great documentary detailing the rebellion in which the citizens of Derry locked their king and his men out of the city in 1689, in support of the Dutch invasion of England.The great academic historians of this generation tell the story of Derry’s siege and related incidents.

Richard O’Hara a former Royal Green Jacket

The prosecuting solicitor told the court he was acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions. O’Hara, the court heard, had served with the Royal Green Jackets in Belfast for two years, but in 1972 was discharged for disobeying orders after refusing to go back for a fourth tour of duty.

Mission Statement

The Memorial Chair Our first mission was completed in 2015, this was the installation of a Memorial Chair which was installed in the former barracks […]

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Steve’s Wandering Lens

Every Green Jacket I know holds this city in high esteem, our second home. We were all so young, yet this city is the one we remember best…