Tag: Philip Thicknesse

• Monday, May 30th 2011 - 14:32 UTC

  New Falklands’ British Forces commander played key role in UK 2009 floods’ rescue operations

  

  The man appointed new Commander of the British Forces South Atlantic Islands to be stationed in the Falkland Islands, is the soldier who oversaw the bridge building in Cumbria following the United Kingdom’s devastating floods in November 2009.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 15:56 UTC

  Falklands’ pilgrimage of HMS Fearless veterans to honor fallen comrades

  

  Ten veterans of HMS Fearless, deployed as part of Operation Corporate during the 1982 Falklands conflict, were reunited on a pilgrimage to the Falklands this week.