UK Falkland Islander

Born and raised in the Falklands. Ex RAF. Swindon Town fan 🙈

[Anthony Boutall @anthonyboutall]

“Decorated Falklands hero who led Marines on 80-mile ‘yomp’ to force surrender of Argentinian forces dies aged 86.

“Major-General Andrew Whitehead passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 2.”

May he rest in peace and rise in glory. 🇬🇧

https://t.co/a08rs43Zp1

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

A cracking video highlighting the hugely important work of HMS Medway. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

Vital to the safety and security of the Falklands and the wider South Atlantic, we send our sincere thanks to all at @BFSouthAtlantic, HMS Medway and her crew. 🌊

[Gary Holman @GaryGaryholman]

Fact Slap 👋

Today in 1982, Major General Jeremy Moore flew from HMS FEARLESS to the outskirts of Port Stanley for a meeting that would decide the fate of the Falklands War.

The British commander had arranged to meet General Mario Benjamín Menéndez, Governor of the Falkland Islands and commander of all Argentine forces on the islands.

Escorted by his staff and with the route secured by Royal Marines and Paratroopers, Moore entered Port Stanley to negotiate the surrender of the Argentine garrison.

Waiting for him was a surrender document that had already been prepared.

The meeting was professional and largely cordial, but there was one immediate disagreement.

Menéndez objected to the use of the term “unconditional surrender” in the document. Moore agreed to remove the word “unconditional”, allowing negotiations to proceed.

Further terms were discussed.

Argentine units would surrender their weapons and ammunition at designated collection points. Officers would be permitted to retain their sidearms. Argentine regimental colours and battle flags would not be confiscated. The surrender would be conducted with dignity, behind closed doors, and there would be no public humiliation or victory parade through the streets of Stanley.

Menéndez also requested that Argentine personnel be repatriated aboard Argentine naval and civilian vessels.

The request was refused.

The prisoners would instead be transported back to Argentina aboard British ships under British control.

For both commanders, the priority was now to end the fighting and prevent any further unnecessary loss of life.

After seventy-four days of war, the final details were being negotiated.

The battle for the Falklands was over.

All that remained was for the documents to be signed.

[KeyserSosse @KeyserSosse]

Corporal David Hardman MID, of 2nd Parachute Regiment, was killed in action during The Battle of Goose Green on 28th May, 1982, aged 22 years old
Today, we laid flowers and paid respects at his final resting place in West Cemetery Hamilton
Lest we Forget this brave young man🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[Remember the fallen @war_fallen]

Remembering Lance Corporal Anthony Cork, 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, killed during the Battle of Goose Green, Falkland Islands on the 28th May 1982 aged 21. #Falklands @falklands_utd

[BRITISH History - On This Day @BritishHistorym]

Remembering Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Jones, VC, OBE 🇬🇧

(14 May 1940, Putney, London– 28 May 1982, Goose Green, Falkland Islands)

Known as H. Jones, he was a British Army officer & posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC). He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of Goose Green for his actions as commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, during the Falklands War.

Victoria Cross citation;

'On 28th May 1982 Lieutenant Colonel Jones was commanding 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment on operations on the Falkland Islands. The Battalion was ordered to attack enemy positions in & around the settlements of Darwin & Goose Green. During the attack against an enemy who was well dug in with mutually supporting positions sited in depth, the Battalion was held up just South of Darwin by a particularly well-prepared & resilient enemy position of at least eleven trenches on an important ridge. A number of casualties were received. In order to read the battle fully & to ensure that the momentum of his attack was not lost, Colonel Jones took forward his reconnaissance party to the foot of a re-entrant which a section of his Battalion had just secured. Despite persistent, heavy & accurate fire the reconnaissance party gained the top of the re-entrant, at approximately the same height as the enemy positions. From here Colonel Jones encouraged the direction of his Battalion mortar fire, in an effort to neutralise the enemy positions. However, these had been well prepared & continued to pour effective fire onto the Battalion advance, which, by now held up for over an hour & under increasingly heavy artillery fire, was in danger of faltering. In his effort to gain a good viewpoint, Colonel Jones was now at the very front of his Battalion. It was clear to him that desperate measures were needed in order to overcome the enemy position & rekindle the attack, & that unless these measures were taken promptly the Battalion would sustain increasing casualties & the attack perhaps even fail. It was time for personal leadership & action. Colonel Jones immediately seized a sub-machine gun, & , calling on those around him & with total disregard for his own safety, charged the nearest enemy position. This action exposed him to fire from a number of trenches. As he charged up a short slope at the enemy position he was seen to fall & roll backward downhill. He immediately picked himself up, & again charged the enemy trench, firing his sub-machine gun & seemingly oblivious to the intense fire directed at him. He was hit by fire from another trench which he outflanked, & fell dying only a few feet from the enemy he had assaulted. A short time later a company of the Battalion attacked the enemy, who quickly surrendered. The display of courage by Colonel Jones had completely undermined their will to fight further.

Thereafter the momentum of the attack was rapidly regained, Darwin & Goose Green were liberated, & the Battalion released the local inhabitants unharmed & forced the surrender of some 1,200 of the enemy.

The achievements of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment at Darwin & Goose Green set the tone for the subsequent land victory on the Falklands. The British achieved such a moral superiority over the enemy in this first battle that, despite the advantages of numbers & selection of battle-ground, the Argentinian troops never thereafter doubted either the superior fighting qualities of the British troops, nor their own inevitable defeat.

This was an action of the utmost gallantry by a Commanding Officer whose dashing leadership & courage throughout the battle were an inspiration to all about him.'

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London.

#lestweforget #remembrance

[UK Falkland Islander @falklands_uk]

@HiddenHistoryYT @Cydonia59 Wow…devastatingly horrendous, powerful and humbling testimony! I will never forget this sacrifice made in the name of freedom for my family and friends 💔…THANKYOU ❤️

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

Last week, @HMS_Medway travelled from the Falkland Islands to assist our friends in Tristan da Cunha.

Two medical personnel from the Falklands joined the ship's crew to support their response to the Hantavirus - fantastic to see the UK family supporting one another. 🇫🇰🇹🇦🇬🇧

[Whiskey @RoyalNavyVet]

44 years ago today, HMS Coventry sunk in the Falklands Conflict with the loss of 19 lives

They have no grave but the cruel sea,
No flowers lay at their head,
A rusting hulk is their tombstone,
Afast on the ocean bed.

RIP GBNF 🫡

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

On this day in 1982, HMS Antelope is sunk following an attack by Argentine aircraft the day before, with the loss of two lives.

Our thoughts today remain with Antelope’s crew and the families and friends of Steward Mark Stephens and Staff Sgt Jim Prescott. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

#Falklands44

[UK Falkland Islander @falklands_uk]

@war_fallen @falklands_utd RIP Sir 💔

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

On this day in 1982, HMS Coventry was attacked and sunk by the Argentine Air Force with the loss of 20 lives.

As ever, our thoughts are with those of Coventry’s crew and their friends and family as we remember their sacrifice. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

#Falklands44

[RN ship losses @RNshiplosses]

22 May 1982 // Frigate HMS Ardent came under intense Argentine air attack in Falkland Sound on 21 May and was heavily damaged and set ablaze. She sank early on the morning of 22 May. 22 of her crew were lost. 'Through Fire and Water'. (Images @I_W_M MH 27610, FKD 144) #RoyalNavy

[Remember the fallen @war_fallen]

Remembering Staff Sergeant James Prescott CGM, Royal Engineers, died on the 23rd May 1982 aged 37 when an unexploded bomb he was attempting to remotely defuse on HMS Antelope exploded #Falklands @falklands_utd

[Government House🇬🇧🇫🇰 @GHFalklands]

44 years ago today, British troops arrived in the #Falklands at San Carlos to liberate the Islands.

The Governor laid a wreath at the Landing Day memorial service, paying respects to those who served and those whose lives were fallen.

We will remember them.

#LandingDay

[Keith Boldy @ktboldy]

Not my Daily Diary
Thursday, May 21st, 2026

RIP Iain and Matthew

Today marks the 44th anniversary of the day my youngest brother, Iain Boldy, who was killed in action during the Falklands War. On 21 May 1982, Iain and his shipmate Matthew Stuart lost their lives aboard HMS Argonaut. Forty-four years feels both like a lifetime and the blink of an eye. The pain never really goes, not a day goes by that Iain isn’t in my thoughts, and today we hold Matthew close in our hearts too. Two young men, gone far too soon, side by side as they were then, and remembered together always.

This morning, Chris and I travelled with my brother-in-law Andrew and Jacky, Chris's sister, to the National Arboretum at Alrewas in Staffordshire. Together, Chris and I laid a wreath in honour of Iain and Matthew. Standing there, at the memorial, it felt like the right place to be, somewhere that we have space for our grief in the absenceof a gravestone, but also for immense pride in what they gave, and who they were. There is a gentle, quiet peace at the Arboretum, a place where no one is forgotten, and every life matters.
Forty-four years on, Iain is still my little brother, and Matthew is still the shipmate who died beside him. They are not just names carved into the stone wall at the Armed Forces Memorial or dates in history books. They are loved, missed, and honoured every single day.

Iain was only twenty when he died. He had his whole life ahead of him, and Matthew died on his 18th birthday. Often, I wonder what sort of men they would have become, what paths they might have taken, and whether they would have had children and grandchildren of their own by now. Those thoughts still cross my mind after all these years.

Today was about honouring their memory and ensuring that neither Iain nor Matthew nor any of the others wounded on the Argonaut in that conflict are forgotten. We will keep remembering. We will keep going to the memorial. The family bond does not break, even after forty-four years.

As we made our way home this afternoon, through the country lanes, we carried their memory with us, as we always will.

Rest in peace, Iain and Matthew, you will never be forgotten

Keith and Chris xx

[Lt Col Gary Green OBE RM (Retd) @garygreenobe]

44 years ago tonight we crossed the water in tense silence landing in the dead of night, clambering ashore onto the Falklands. As my boots hit the ground, my first experience of war had began.🫡

[Remember the fallen @war_fallen]

Remembering Able Seaman (Sonar) Sean Hayward, HMS Ardent Royal Navy, died aged 18 when the ship was attacked by Argentinian aircraft on the 21st May 1982. #Falklands @falklands_utd

[FalklandsinUK @FalklandsinUK]

On this day in 1982, a Sea King helicopter crashed into the South Atlantic while transporting personnel from HMS Hermes to HMS Intrepid with the loss of 22 lives.

Our thoughts today are with those who served and those who lost their lives. 🇫🇰🇬🇧

#Falklands44

[Empire Aesthetics @Empireaesth]

HMS Hermes passes HMS Victory as she enters Portsmouth harbour on returning from the Falklands (1982)