Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust

[FIG Representative to the UK and Europe @FalklandsRepUK]

Great to see the Falkland Islands flag flying, in Parliament Square, alongside those of the other UK Overseas Territories, ahead of the 80th anniversary of VE Day on Thursday. #Falklands #VEDay80 🇫🇰

[FIG Representative to the UK and Europe @FalklandsRepUK]

As we mark #VEDay80, this short film tells the story of the contribution made by the Falkland Islands in WWII. From 150 volunteers joining up to raising funds for 11 Spitfires and much more. All from a population of just 2,300! #WeWillRememberThem 🇫🇰🇬🇧

@James1940 | @almurray

[FIG Representative to the UK and Europe @FalklandsRepUK]

As we mark #VEDay80, Shadow Minister for 🇫🇰 and 🇬🇮, @morton_wendy, pays tribute to the significant contribution made by these Territories to victory in the Second World War. #Falklands #WeWillRememberThem

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

The perfect day for a little dome removal! The Cape Pembroke Lighthouse restoration project continues. Now that the dome is on the ground, the team will be better able to give it the TLC it needs.

#CapePembrokeLighthouse #FalklandIslands

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

@S_R_Tunnicliffe @BBCCornwall @CornwallLive Thank you Steve 😁

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

Cape Pembroke Lighthouse restoration project.

Can you help?

[Government House🇬🇧🇫🇰 @GHFalklands]

This morning, the Governor and GH staff popped into the museum’s MacMillan Coffee Morning. Thank you @FIMuseum for an excellent morning of delicious treats made by the #Falklands community.

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

We have counted the money and the total is an amazing £6,721.55!

Thank you to everyone who has supported Macmillan Cancer Support this year. This takes the total raised since 2015 to £53,044.61!!!

#MacmillanCoffeeMorning #MacmillanCancerSupport

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

Join us tomorrow, Friday 27th September for our annual Coffee Morning.

Our Coffee Mornings have raised over 46k for Macmillan since 2015. Can we break the 50k mark this year? We don’t know, but we are going to give it our best shot!

@macmillancancer

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

🥳 The Historic Dockyard Museum celebrates it's 10th Birthday today! 🥳
Here's a little snippet of what we've been up to in the last 10 years.
A huge thank you everyone who has supported us in anyway over this time, we couldn't have done it without you! 🤩

[FIG Representative to the UK and Europe @FalklandsRepUK]

Congratulations to @LukePollard on his appointment as the new @DefenceHQ Minister for the Armed Forces. Luke is a longstanding friend of the Falklands and has visited the Islands. We look forward to working with him in his new role. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

[UK Antarctic Heritage Trust @AntarcticHT]

Protecting Endurance: our conservation plan for Shackleton’s iconic ship!

We are proud to announce our Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for one of the most famous shipwrecks of all time.

https://t.co/xTF3eUGJ2F

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

On Wednesday the Museum staff and the late Garry Tyrrell received the King's Coronation Medal for services to the community.
When we took on the task of organising these events we did not expect to receive such recognition but we are grateful to be recipients of this medal.🎖️

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

On this day in 1982, British forces attacked Argentine positions at Mount Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge with the loss of 13 lives.

Some of the final actions before the liberation of the Falkland Islands, we remember all those who served and lost their lives. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

#Falklands42

[Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust @FIMuseum]

What a day! The Sea Harrier and Lynx intended for display at the #LookoutGalleryAndExhibitionHall have arrived in the Islands… just in time for Liberation Day tomorrow, 14th June.

As always, we are thinking of our veterans, their families, and those who never returned home.

[Royal Navy @RoyalNavy]

Fulfilling a debt of honour...

Naval engineers have ensured the many monuments to those killed in 1982 are in a fitting condition for the annual period of remembrance in the Falklands and Liberation Day on Friday.

🔗 https://t.co/7EuDUTUL7E

[Royal British Legion @PoppyLegion]

Today we mark 80 years since the D-Day landings, remembering the service and sacrifice of all those involved in turning the tide in the Second World War. 1/3

[Imperial War Museums @I_W_M]

80 years ago, on 6 June 1944, Allied forces launched the largest combined land air and sea operation in the history of warfare – Operation Overlord.

Here, British troops board invasion craft and depart for Normandy.

IWM A70 25-1

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

8/ Falkland Islanders were very keen to support the allied efforts and donated over £50,000 (almost £3 million today) for the purchase of 10 spitfires for the Royal Air Force.

You can see one of the Falklands purchased spitfires in the photograph below.

#DDay80

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

7/ The people of the Falkland Islands proudly served and supported the Allies during the Second World War.

From a population of just 2,300, more than 150 Falkland Islanders volunteered for service in the War, however 24 Islanders were killed in the fighting.

#DDay80