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Tag: Simon Weston

  • Saturday, May 18th 2024 - 10:59 UTC

    Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

    Sir Galahad survivor Simon Weston: Veterans want a full and final answer on who is to blame for the huge loss of British lives

    BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.—

  • Monday, May 1st 2023 - 10:17 UTC

    Falklands Veteran urges PM Sunak to declassify documents of the bombing of Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram

    Argentine jets in 1982 caused one of the deadliest days for UK forces, 56 losses, since the Second World War.

    Falklands war Veteran and hero Simon Weston has urged PM Rishi Sunak to declassify documents about the attack that left him disfigured and killed 56 British servicemen. According to a piece published in the Daily Express, Justin Stoneman recalls that when Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram were bombed in 1982 by Argentine jets, it was one of the deadliest days for UK forces since the Second World War.

  • Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 09:52 UTC

    Veteran Simon Weston will visit the Falklands next February on the “Balmoral”

    Veteran Simon is well-known for his charity work and as a motivational speaker and broadcaster after he sustained serious burns to over 46% of his body

    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.

  • Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 08:00 UTC

    Falklands' veteran Simon Weston 'so proud' to be awarded the CBE in Honors List

    “To be given the CBE for charity work means a great deal to me because it's something that I have been very passionate about over the past 33 years,” said Weston.

    Falklands war veteran Simon Weston said he was “so proud” to be awarded the CBE in the New Year Honors list. Mr. Weston, who is already an OBE, said the award “came as a complete surprise”.

  • Monday, October 5th 2015 - 19:23 UTC

    Falklands' veteran Simon Weston launches book on “My Life; My Story”

    Simon Weston: My Life; My Story, Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, Friday, October 16, 7.30pm, £15 (£13), 01342 302000, www.chequermead.org.uk

    A Falklands' war veteran who survived the bombing of his ship when most of those on board were killed takes to the stage to tell the story of his life. In “My Life; My Story”, which comes to East Grinstead's Chequer Mead on Friday, October 16, Simon Weston OBE, will share truths about the conflict, the day the RFA Sir Galahad was attacked and the impact the event and its consequences have had since.

  • Friday, March 21st 2014 - 09:35 UTC

    Falklands' veteran Simon Weston featured at the National Portrait Gallery

    The People’s Portrait, a unique collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and the BBC

    The National Portrait Gallery in London and the BBC unveiled their first joint painted portrait commission – of Falklands War veteran Simon Weston by artist Nicky Philipps. Weston was voted last September by viewers of BBC One’s The One Show as the public figure who most deserved to have his picture displayed at the National Portrait Gallery.