Tag: Falklands veterans

• Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 05:19 UTC

  Jessica Toale MP visit to Falklands: Veterans deserve better than empty promises

  

  The following column was written in the Bournemouth Daily Echo by Jessica Toale, Labour MP for Bournemouth West. I recently visited the Falkland Islands with members of the British Armed Forces – part of a program I’m taking part in to gain a better understanding of the UK’s defense capabilities and the experiences of our service personnel.

• Monday, November 21st 2022 - 10:42 UTC

  Princess Anne visits MPC and meets Falklands' residents at a reception

  

  Princess Anne during her third day in the Falkland Islands was at Mount Pleasant Complex, where she was able to meet military staff from the different services and observe much of the equipment deployed to ensure the defense of the Islands and the security of the international airport, the air bridge linking with UK.

• Saturday, November 19th 2022 - 06:46 UTC

  Princess Anne leads Remembrance ceremony at Falklands Liberation Memorial

  

  Busy agenda for Princess Anne on her first day of activities in the Falkland Islands, where she arrived on Thursday for a six-day visit. In a beautiful sunny Friday morning Princess Royal, marked the 40th anniversary of the Falklands' conflict with a special wreath-laying ceremony at the 1982 Liberation Memorial in Stanley.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Commemorative flight for 130 Falklands Veterans and next of kin, first time in the Islands in forty years

  

  Many Veterans and relatives who lost loved ones in the Falklands war are back in the Islands, for the first time in four decades, in a commemorative flight funded by the UK Ministry of Defense. The 130 travelers will mark the conflict's fortieth anniversary Sunday 13 November at Remembrance Day in the City of Stanley.

• Thursday, August 11th 2022 - 19:07 UTC

  Falklands Veterans and families invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands

  

  The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense has announced that Veterans and the families of those who died during the Falkland Islands conflict are being invited to register for a balloted flight to the Islands. There will be 100 places on the flight, funded by MOD, with seats allocated to those eligible and a partner of their choice.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Falklands' Veterans limited from claiming “cold injuries”, because of a 1987 Crown Armed Forces Act

  

  Falklands' War Veterans are currently exempt from claiming damages for “cold injuries” suffered during the war with Argentina and are seeking legal advice against the Ministry of Defense (MoD), according to the lawyer acting on their behalf.

• Thursday, June 16th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Veterans will always find “a home from home” in the Falklands, MLA Roberts tells SAMA82 members

  

  Every bearer of the South Atlantic Medal will always find “a home from home”, Falkland Islands lawmaker Leona Roberts assured the men and women of Operation Corporate as they bestowed the Freedom of the Falklands on them, on Turesday, 14 June. .

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  With a 'quieter' Westminster, Johnson admits he might visit the Falklands

  

  Prime minister Boris Johnson said that “now things are a bit quieter in Westminster”, he might be able to visit the Falkland Islands, pointing out he was probably the only person at the Speaker's House ceremony who has never visited the Islands.

• Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 08:07 UTC

  MoD offers free flights to Veterans wishing to travel to the Falklands after RAF concessionary fare increased six fold

  

  British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has offered Veterans free flights to the Falklands after the Standard reported a massive hike in fares to the Islands on the 40th anniversary of the war.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:20 UTC

  “If you want to be respected when visiting the Falklands, we must respect the Islanders”, Malvinas Families president

  

  The recent approval by the Falklands' elected government of a framework guidance for assessing when a visitor should be considered a ‘prohibited person’, can be considered an effort to address disappointing past experiences and a long-standing debate in the Islands.