Tag: Falkland War

• Saturday, July 4th 2026 - 23:35 UTC

  Scathing comments on Labour’s Defense Plan, Sir Keir has scrapped more warships than Britain lost in Falklands War

  

  Former First Sea Lord Admiral Lord West has warned that the Royal Navy was in its worst state for 350 years, “the number of ships we have is pathetic, to do the things we need to do.”

• Friday, June 12th 2026 - 15:59 UTC

  Falklands, Monday 15th June Public Holiday; Liberation Day celebrations on Sunday 14th June

  

  Falkland Islands Government has notified that Monday 15th June 2026 will be a Public Holiday in lieu of Liberation Day which this year falls on Sunday 14th June. Therefore all Government Departments (other than those providing essential services) will be closed.

• Monday, March 23rd 2026 - 02:25 UTC

  Falklands’ Veteran ex Gurkha captain sits as elected member of Nepal’s parliament

  

  A Falkland Islands Veteran former Gurkha captain has been elected to the Nepalese parliament as a member of the Sharm Sanskriti party. For Captain Purna Limbu it is the culmination of a lifelong of struggle and persistence, from a modest rural environment to lawmaker, through international military service and social activism.

• Monday, February 23rd 2026 - 04:20 UTC

  Falklands, end of active service for RFA Argus, last ship to have served in the conflict

  

  Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argus will depart Portsmouth naval base this Monday 23 February for the final time, bringing more than four decades of service with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to a close, the Royal Navy has confirmed. Her departure marks the end of service for the last active ship to have served in the Falklands conflict, pointed out UKDJ.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 23:43 UTC

  Falklands War iconic Yomper statue recovered with donations

  

  The campaign to preserve the Yomper statue, a tribute to the British forces that yomped across East Falkland, during the Falkland Islands war in 1982, has raised more than £16.000, exceeding its £9,000 target.

• Wednesday, October 8th 2025 - 21:44 UTC

  Falkland Islands hero's medals sell for £65,000 as widow honors his final wish

  

  A Falklands War hero's medals have sold for £65,000 at auction, fulfilling his final wish that the proceeds would give his widow financial security. The Military Medal group belonging to Corporal Barry “Baz” Grayling of 2nd Battalion, from the Parachute Regiment went under the hammer at Noonans Mayfair in London.

• Monday, August 25th 2025 - 23:00 UTC

  Victor tanker Day, crucial in Falklands’ war, next 28th at the Yorkshire Air Museum

  

  The Yorkshire museum, based at Elvington near York, has repainted its Victor K2 tanker plane in camouflage colors – the first time it’s had this design since the 1980s. Victor XL2312, which has been at the museum since 1993, was previously showcased in a hemp color scheme.

• Wednesday, August 20th 2025 - 08:10 UTC

  Trump in the Falklands

  

  By Barry Eichengreen (*) - US President Donald Trump’s trade war resembles nothing so much as UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s Falklands War in 1982: one side deploys massive force, and the other withdraws with its tail between its legs.

• Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC

  Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

  

  A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever built of her class, being towed out of Portsmouth Harbor to start her journey to an EU-approved recycling yard in Turkey.

• Monday, May 19th 2025 - 08:53 UTC

  Falklands war MV Atlantic Conveyor at Cunard’s War Memorial in Liverpool

  

  The Liverpool-registered MV Atlantic Conveyor, 43 years ago, during the Falklands War was hit by two Exocet missiles, and Cunard’s War Memorial in front of the Cunard Building will be updated with the addition of the numerals “1982” to commemorate the loss.