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Les Inghams, Bury Times
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Posted on January 20, 2022 at 11:16:37 by David Platt, Welfare & Liaison Officer, XX the Lan

THE exciting life and times of a seasoned war veteran have been documented in a new autobiography.

Major Leslie Ingham MBE, who served in the Lancashire Fusiliers for 28 years from 1960 to 1992 has penned A Snapshot of Service Life.

His memoirs details his service in Northern Ireland, and he also spent time in Germany, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Germany and Cyprus.

Born in Redvales, in September 1946, he could have had a career as a professional footballer at Manchester United or worked as a mechanic.

But he chose to join The Lancashire Fusiliers instead and has never looked back.

For his courageous actions in Northern Ireland, where he commanded a contingent of 30 other soldiers from Lancashire in 1971 he was awarded an MBE for his gallantry.

He said: �At the time I was working in a paper mill in Radcliffe and was eyeing up a career as a footballer.

"But I chose the life of a soldier because it seemed more glamorous.

�Looking back, I�m glad I made that choice because I met some very interesting people and travelled all around the world, which I wouldn�t have been able to do otherwise.

Throughout the 1970s, Mr Ingham went on several more tours of Northern Ireland and even served a stint as an instructor at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst, where he met Princess Anne on a visit.

He said: �She was marvellous and couldn�t have been more respectful of myself and my fellow soldiers, very polite.

�I couldn�t find a bad word to say about her if I tried.�

He added: �I had some pretty scary experiences in Northern Ireland, for example having a mortar bomb dropped on our operations room at our barracks and being shot at nearly every day.

�All that kind of thing is pretty similar to how it is for modern soldiers.

"But it is also quite different because there are a lot more opportunities.

�The modern soldier joins the army for a different reason than I did, because back then, we joined because there weren�t as many long-term career opportunities.

�So in writing this book I wanted to illustrate to young men in the army now how different it was back then.

�But, it�s a book for everyone, there may be tales of hardship, military camaraderie but it�s full of lessons that are just as applicable to civilian life as well.�

After his long career in the army, he served for 11 years as a Ministry of Defence civilian employee, as a military administrator, planning organisational development for the military in Lisbon.

Following this, he moved with his wife to Belfast, where he managed Tudordale Care Home, before retirement.

Mr Ingham is hoping to publish his memoir in April this year.

By Ted Stirzaker @stirzaker_ted
News Reporter

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