Falklands veteran recalls intense assault to retake Goose Green
Mike Kelly served as the signaller for the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment's second-in-command and remembers this key first battle.
Mike Kelly served as the signaller for the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment's second-in-command and remembers this key first battle.
Ian Gardiner led his marines during the fierce night battle for Two Sisters, a 1,000-foot-high mountain, in 1982.
Veteran Derek Straw recalls how RAF Nimrod aircraft patrolled the South Atlantic to guard against potential enemy attacks.
Mick Fellows was the first man in naval history to defuse an unexploded bomb on board a warship at sea.
HMS Glamorgan had just completed her bombardment and sailing to safety when she was hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile.
Nick Vaux was the Commanding Officer of 42 Commando during Britain's successful taking back of the Falkland Islands.
One line in the chant roughly translates as: "F***** English in the Falklands, I don't forget."
Each message they transmitted to home for the soldiers in the Falklands was the same: "I am safe".
More than 130 veterans who fought in the Falklands conflict returned to the islands 40 years on to meet the people they liberated.
Ann Woodard's husband died just hours before Argentina's surrender in 1982.
The Ministry of Defence funded a 40th anniversary commemorative flight for veterans and bereaved relatives.
Join 1982 veterans as Forces News broadcasts service from Stanley.
This year Brian Wood MC is hoping to raise a total of £250,000 for those who have fallen in conflict.
In 2021, a gigantic effort saw the former soldier raise more than £168,000 for charity.
Dr Susie West's memoir covers when the cruise ship SS Canberra was diverted to the South Atlantic in 1982.
The Special Air Service had been drafted in to divert Argentinian forces away from the San Carlos landings.