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Edmund Gregory

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Description:Not Waving But Drowning tells the harrowing true story of one man's childhood struggle against poverty and his subsequent drive to become a policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Upon succeeding, he is faced with a number of traumatic incidents that lead him to the depths of despair. From his earliest days, Edmund Gregory possessed an incisiveness beyond his years. Through his parents' turbulent and doomed marriage he soaked up the horror of seeing his mother and father tearing each other apart. He spent his boyhood lonely and starved of affection, and experienced long periods of living in sordid welfare homes and dingy bedsits. However, Gregory later found solace in the true love of Agnes and they married as teenagers. In a concerted effort at dragging themselves out of poverty, he joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary to provide a secure future for his family. After five years serving in Belfast's riot squads, Gregory transferred into the somewhat elitist VIP protection branch of the RUC where, on a daily basis, he was involved in providing bodyguard protection to many high threat members of Northern Ireland's society. Within that unit he was involved also in teams providingWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not Waving But Drowning: The Troubled Life and Times of a Fontline Ruc Officer. To get started finding Not Waving But Drowning: The Troubled Life and Times of a Fontline Ruc Officer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 254

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Mainstream Publishing

Release: 2004

ISBN: 1840189177

Description: Not Waving But Drowning tells the harrowing true story of one man's childhood struggle against poverty and his subsequent drive to become a policeman in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Upon succeeding, he is faced with a number of traumatic incidents that lead him to the depths of despair. From his earliest days, Edmund Gregory possessed an incisiveness beyond his years. Through his parents' turbulent and doomed marriage he soaked up the horror of seeing his mother and father tearing each other apart. He spent his boyhood lonely and starved of affection, and experienced long periods of living in sordid welfare homes and dingy bedsits. However, Gregory later found solace in the true love of Agnes and they married as teenagers. In a concerted effort at dragging themselves out of poverty, he joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary to provide a secure future for his family. After five years serving in Belfast's riot squads, Gregory transferred into the somewhat elitist VIP protection branch of the RUC where, on a daily basis, he was involved in providing bodyguard protection to many high threat members of Northern Ireland's society. Within that unit he was involved also in teams providingWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Not Waving But Drowning: The Troubled Life and Times of a Fontline Ruc Officer. To get started finding Not Waving But Drowning: The Troubled Life and Times of a Fontline Ruc Officer, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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