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• Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 18:50 UTC

  UK MoD challenges statistics on suicides among Falklands’ veterans

  

  The claim that more Falklands veterans have killed themselves since the war ended than died in action is not borne out by statistics, a study says. Some 255 UK personnel died in action, but a veterans group has said the suicide toll since 1982 exceeds that.

• Monday, November 12th 2012 - 02:05 UTC

  Fifty Falklands veterans at Stanley’s Remembrance Sunday commemoration

  

  Remembrance Sunday, November 11, was celebrated in the Falkland Islands capital, Stanley with a service at Christ Church Cathedral, followed by a march to the Cross of Sacrifice, the Memorial to all those who laid down their lives for Britain in war, where a service of remembrance and thanksgiving was held in warm and sunny weather.

• Sunday, November 11th 2012 - 02:46 UTC

  Thanksgiving service at the Liberation Monument in Stanley

  

  The Memorial service commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands by British Forces, 10 weeks after they were invaded by Argentina. 252 British Servicemen were killed during the action, plus 3 Island ladies.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 18:40 UTC

  Wales Falklands Memorial re-dedicated on the 30th anniversary of the conflict

  

  Wales' Falklands Memorial has been re-dedicated to mark the 30th anniversary of the conflict which saw 32 Welsh Guards among the fallen. The ceremony was part of the Armed Forces Day events in Cardiff and was attended by Falklands’ lawmaker Dick Sawle.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2012 - 21:05 UTC

  Looking forward and promoting Falklands’ younger generation

  

  As the years pass, Veterans and Islanders alike who were caught up in the Falklands War, are getting older; many, regrettably are no longer with us. Age takes its toll, and sadly a number of potential guests declined due to failing health, reads the message from Lewis Clifton OBE, Chairman of the 2012 Committee.

• Monday, May 28th 2012 - 17:58 UTC

  Falklands’ remembrance service in Gosport to honor 3 Islanders and 255 killed in action

  

  Veterans, next of kin, local authorities and special guests attended on Sunday a remembrance service for the 30th Anniversary of the Falklands conflict in Gosport, overlooking Portsmouth harbour.

• Monday, May 21st 2012 - 00:06 UTC

  Vulcan flypast at Falklands’ memorial in the Arboretum at Staffordshire

  

  A Vulcan bomber which launched air raids on Stanley Airport thirty years ago has flown over the peaceful countryside of central England to mark the dedication of a new Falklands Memorial to the 255 British servicemen and three women Islanders killed in the conflict.

• Sunday, April 22nd 2012 - 22:46 UTC

  ‘Falklands 30 years on’ four days conference at Canterbury University

  

  A four day conference at Canterbury University discussing the Falkland Islands ‘30 years on’, will begin Falklands elected Member of Legislative Assembly Dick Sawle’s visit to the UK.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2011 - 16:24 UTC

  Controversial plan to excavate Falklands’ conflict battlefields

  

  A television archaeologist has revealed plans to excavate the battlefields of the 1982 Falkland Islands conflict. The initiative belongs to Glasgow University academic Dr Tony Pollard who is preparing the major project.