Hail to Chris Keeble - the architect of this.
War is a dung heap, but it is a dung heap on which grow some remarkable blooms - and his humanity was part of that bloom.
@neilh32 I really liked him - I remember thinking 'oh no, not Chris' when he was killed because of the grief that would descend upon his wife as he had a new born baby a few months old - and that's why war's a dung heap...
Camilla Creek - 27 May 82 - day before Goose Green
We do not join battle afraid
We do not ask favours or indulgence
We do not know or seek what our fate will be
We ask only this
That if die we must
That we die as men would die
Without complaining
Without pleading..
@dutchenglishman No, it's an extract from 1 of the finest pre-battle speeches of all time: Lt Col 'Bull' Wolverton of 3/506th PIR prior to D Day. He was KIA on 6 June. I beleive President Reagan used part of it at the 40th annivesary at Omaha. My diary was firmly in the ship one we landed!
@Doorbundle@2PARA_HQ Met was always a problem as the readings were so far away from the action and therefore not very accurate. No Cymbeline at Goose Green either so throughout the battle the enemy guns were never located.
The bleak landscape: @2PARA_HQ are degrading.
I like this photo as it’s indicative of, for the army, the last analogue war. For example, Field Artillery Computer Eqpt (FACE) quickly reverted to FAME - manual eqpt.
The Falklands war of 82 was a harsh environment
Saddened to inform of the death of Lt Alex Ward @2PARA_HQ class of 82
He is shown here poking his head to the left of the bride at a v hastily arranged pre-war wedding.
RIP Alex.
44 years ago - @2PARA_HQ landed at night on the Falklands to move to Sussex Mountain to ‘hold’ that feature prior to a breakout.
A very physically demanding night made worse by constant taking of cover due to ‘air raid warning RED’ messages.
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14 May 82 - the original 2 PARA Op order for the Falklands landings (Op SUTTON). Due to OPSEC, they would not be breifed downwards for quite a few days.
(from the National Archives, p1 and 9 only shown)
Another new PM this year would put the ‘turnover rate’ as the highest since William IV (1830-37). He had Grey, Melbourne, Wellington and Peel - all still well known for one reason or another.
Anyone for tea, a trip to New South Wales, Waterloo or to a police station?