An ULVERSTON author has published his latest book detailing the accounts of serving personal in Cumbria who fought for their country.

John Nixon is a popular local author known for his writings on military history and personal stories.

He published his latest book ‘Veterans Voices’ in his series of releases about the RAF.

Having spent 28 years researching and gathering stories from airmen and women who were trained or served in the South Lakes, his book details their accounts and celebrates their accomplishments.

John has gathered stories from service personal at RAF Millom, RAF Walney, and RAF Clark, and has a future project planned about his time working in the prison service.

John said: “I have four books out at the moment, but my first published work is out of print now.

“There was the War Birds of Walney, Wings of the Sands, History of RAF Millom and my most recent book Veterans Voices.

“Each of my books are rather organic, as I will often add more material to them over the years.

“When I was younger, I visited Cark Airfield with my father who delivered fire wood for the base.

“I was intrigued by it all.

“For many people, the presence of the RAF was the first time they had ever met anyone from another country. Canadians, Americans, and others.

“It was when I was working for the RAF Millom Museum that I began researching all these stories. My governor Bernard Wilson was the one who inspired me to pursue it.

“Once I came out of my job in the prison service in 2006, I buckled down to do my writing.

“It had a lot of false starts but I’m so glad I did it.

“When you’ve written a book it’s a bit of an anti-climax when you’ve finished so I always like to keep busy.

“I really hope people can find out about these interesting stories and find out more about these areas.

“My upcoming project has a working title of ‘accidental screw’, in that I never intended on becoming a prison guard but it sort of turned out that way.

“Ended up working as one for 32 years.

“It’s a tentative title but I hope to give it a bit of humour and counter balance the darker stuff with some light hearted tones.

“It was 1974 when I started and I saw a lot. I’ve locked up IRA members, encountered members of the Kray Gang, and the Great Train Robbers to name a few.

“I heard that a lot of these people went on to write books so I thought why not give it a go.”

For information visit John’s site on johnnixonauthor.co.uk/.