Chronicles of a Derry Boy

<p>By a roaring log fire he told me his story from boyhood to manhood and from poor Derry boy to world traveled soldier. This is his story. Born into poverty in a large Derry family he left home a boy of fifteen to soldier from Egypt to Bombay and from Singapore to Shanghai.<br />His was a story of travel adventure comradery and love. Whether in the deserts of Egypt or the jungles of India the friendships dangers and hardships prepared him for war. A company of Irish soldiers bound by a fierce loyalty through the best and the worst of times. And war would come dividing testing tearing their friendships and the women they loved.<br />'Chronicles of a Derry Boy' tells the story of a remarkable boy who carried the spirit of a remarkable town. No matter how far he traveled the Bogside of Derry came with him.</p>