Operation Banner Ceilide Book Launch

As part of Green Howards weekend activities, Tom Wharton will be launching his second book in the Green Howards Museum.The Ceilide is a unique tongue-in-cheek record of the history of the Regiment during ‘Operation Banner’ from the notes written by the Officers, Senior NCO’s and Soldiers who were there.The book documents all versions of the regiment’s tour newsletter.

Written from the first tour in 1970 on double sided A4 foolscap to the final tour in 2004 when enlightened editors produced colour magazines.The books comprises A4, 616 pages, hardback, with every tour and deployment in chronological order, featuring hundreds of photographs, stories, poems and even work commitments.This, the second book in the Operation Banner, Green Howards in Ulster series, is proudly dedicated to all those who served, but especially the Green Howards, many of whom are now, sadly, no longer with us.

This is not only the story of a regiment, it is their story, each and every one of them, from every rank and in every role, told in their own words and images; a unique record of our service and time in Northern Ireland as part of ‘Operation Banner’.Books will be for sale subject to availability directly from Tom or via The Green Howards Museum gift shop.For any copies already reserved with Tom, these can be collected from The Green Howards Museum on Saturday 9th May.Entry to the Green Howards Museum is free for all Green Howards on Saturday 9th & 10th May.

Usual admission charges apply for guests and family members.