- Contributed by听
- CSV Media NI
- People in story:听
- Steven Orr
- Location of story:听
- Northern Ireland
- Background to story:听
- Civilian
- Article ID:听
- A3890090
- Contributed on:听
- 13 April 2005
Portrush War Memorial (photo by Bruce Logan)
This story was given to Orlaith Murray by Steven Orr. He fully understands the terms and conditions.
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Steven was only eleven years old in 1942 when his mother decided that he and his four brothers should move up from Coleraine to their grandparents in the small coastal town of Portrush. Even at this young age Steven and his brothers were aware of Hitler and the Nazis that wanted to invade their country and 'make them speak German'. So as part of his duty to defend his land Steven and his brothers broke branches of trees, sharpened them with their grandfathers pen knife that they had 'snuck out'of his shed and stood guard, by Portrush beach waiting shoot any 'Gerry' that might try to invade their country.
They were dedicated to the defence of there land and were determined to stay there until the war was over.
The only problem was that they were not allowed out after six, and anyway they were starting to get hungry.
'Awful hard work that soldiering lark', Steven remembers with a smile and a laugh.
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