Tag: Falklands War

Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:12 UTC
Charles leads Remembrance as King; Falklands present at the Cenotaph with a floral wreath

King Charles III led the Remembrance Sunday service at London's Cenotaph for the first time as monarch to honor Britain's war dead and in a special year, marking the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War.
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.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC
Falklands and BOTs delegates invited to the Constituency Garden of Remembrance

The Speaker of the House Sir Lindsay Hoyle installed on Monday the opening of the Constituency Garden of Remembrance at the New Palace Yard in Parliament grounds and invited representatives from the Overseas Territories to participate.
Tuesday, November 8th 2022 - 09:10 UTC
Falklands' war landing craft, wins 2022 Flagship Award of the Year

Foxtrot 8 is one of the four vessels that won the 2022 Flagships of the Year Awards, for its public engagement program and media campaign in honor of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflict, according to Heritage Machines and National Historic Ships UK.
Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 10:56 UTC
Remembrance Sunday live from the Falkland Islands

A Remembrance service will be broadcast live from the Falkland Islands on 13 November. Veterans of the 1982 conflict have returned to the Islands, many for the first time, to be part of the moving commemorations.
Saturday, October 8th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
Falklands tribute at the International Bomber Command Center

Reports from Lincolnshire Today indicate that the International Bomber Command Centre (IBCC), Lincoln has unveiled a new installation paying tribute to those who lost their lives during the 1982 war on The Falkland Islands with Argentina.
Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Falklands' Veteran hero paratrooper who acted on a BBC show on the war dies in air crash

An inquest has been opened into the death of Chris Waddington, the Falklands War Veteran who was tragically killed in a plane crash in Herefordshire reports the HerefordTimes. The Parachute Regiment veteran, who served for more than 20 years in the British Armed Forces, was killed five days before his 60th birthday when the plane he was flying hit the ground at Shobdon Airfield, near Leominster.
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, July 21st 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Prince Charles thanks Falklands' Veterans at a reception on flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth

The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall thanked Falkland Islands veterans at a unique ‘garden party’ on the UK’s flagship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Wednesday gathering in the hangar of the carrier in Portsmouth marked the end of official 40th anniversary commemorations of the conflict.
Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC
Veteran Simon Weston will visit the Falklands next February on the “Balmoral”

Falklands War Veteran Simon Weston CBE will be visiting the Islands next 22 February when Fred Olsen Cruise Lines “Balmoral” calls at Stanley. The cruise will be next year on an epic 78-night voyage to South America and Antarctica, with Weston joining the trip for fourteen nights and sharing with fellow travelers his experiences during and after the Falklands war.