The play is set in Ward 9 Bay 4 of the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital , Woolwich , London , England . The action begins in spring 1984 . Joe , a victim of the Hyde Park bomb , has been in the hospital for 18 months , longer than the other characters . The play opens as he argues with Keith , a Northern Irish private with leg pains , about having agreed that POM ( a young potential officer and thus a threatening authority figure ) can move into the ward to free up a private room for a Major 's wife to have an operation . Following POM 's arrival , Joe leaves for a rare night out , whilst Mick and Parry enter from a neighbouring ward in wheelchairs . The remaining group discuss their injuries and diagnoses
Hyde Park bomb
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings
Our Boys (1993 play)