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Montevideo, July 12th 2025 - 17:15 UTC

Tag: SAMA 82

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

    Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

    Veterans and members of the public gathered to send-off HMS Bristol (Pic MoD)

    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.

  • Thursday, June 20th 2024 - 18:21 UTC

    Falklands Representative attends services for Liberation Day

    Former Commanding Officer of the FIDF, Major Justin McPhee MBE, Chairman of the South Atlantic Medal Association (SAMA82), Tom Herring and the FIG Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop.

    Last week, the Falkland Islands Government Representative to the UK & Europe, Richard Hyslop, visited St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and attended the annual Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving at the Falkland Islands Memorial Chapel, Pangbourne College in order to mark Liberation Day.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2023 - 00:26 UTC

    Falklands Ride of Respect visits Islands' graves and memorials

    More Falklands riders met the group at the Great Britain Hotel area and accompanied them to Stanley.

    The Falklands Ride of Respect, sponsored by SAMA, South Atlantic Medal Association, is a group of Veterans that has been running for five years, visiting each Falklands conflict grave in the U.K. as well as many significant memorials as well.

  • Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    Falkland Islands Veterans Reunion in Gosport and Portsmouth

    The band of the Royal Marines, a contingent from HMS Sultan, naval cadets, and hundreds of Falklands' veterans all formed and marching in Gosport

    As the Falkland Islands Liberation Day approaches, on 14 June, commemoration events and services are being held across the United Kingdom and the Falklands, and over last weekend it was Gosport and Plymouth that marked the 40th anniversary of the 1982 War and honored those who did not return from the South Atlantic.

  • 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

    “The Falklands War was a vital moment in our national history,” Ben Wallace said. “It is entirely right that we help our Veterans commemorate it properly”

    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.

  • Monday, April 18th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

    Forty Years on, the legacy of the Falklands War continues to show

    The liberation of the Falkland Islands came at a high price, and Falkland Islanders are acutely aware of this

    In the 40th anniversary year of the Falklands War, Derek Twigg writes just how the legacy of the war continues to impact Islanders and Veterans 40 years on, and what the future holds for the Islands. 

  • Monday, April 3rd 2017 - 08:23 UTC

    Falklands' Veterans in a “very moving ceremony” at the Memorial Arboretum

    The service open to the public was to “pay tribute to all those involved in the conflict, and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our country” (Pic PA)

    Hundreds of veterans and their families took part in a “very, very moving” ceremony on Sunday to mark the 35th anniversary of the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands. Jane Adams, secretary of the South Atlantic Medal Association 1982 (Sama 82) who organized the event, said “there was many a tear” as people of different ranks and ages gathered at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire.

  • Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 01:06 UTC

    Falklands' Battle Day commemorated in London

    MLA Roger Edwards and Mr. Andrew Rosindell, MP laying their wreaths at the Cenotaph (Pic P. Pepper)

    Battle Day was commemorated in the traditional manner at the Cenotaph in central London on Saturday 5th December. The traffic was stopped in Whitehall, and the service was conducted by former Rector of Christchurch Cathedral in Stanley the Rev. Dr. Richard Hines.

  • Sunday, December 8th 2013 - 22:08 UTC

    Praise for Falklands world-wide diplomacy

    FIA Chairman Alan Huckle, a former governor of the Falklands, and MLA Roger Edwards lay the wreaths for the Association and the Falkland Islands Government

    Falkland Islanders have been praised for their international campaign of diplomacy explaining their democratic credentials to the world and proclaiming their overwhelming referendum vote for self-determination and retaining their links with the United Kingdom.

  • Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 18:47 UTC

    Falkland Islands commemorates Remembrance Day on Sunday

    Cross of Sacrifice Memorial (Pic by K.P)

    Falkland Islands will be holding the annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November at Christ Church Cathedral. Governor Neil Haywood, Commander British Forces, Members of the Legislative Assembly, visiting and resident South Atlantic veterans, together with Senior Officers of the Armed Services will be attending the Service.

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