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A new national Falklands memorial was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire recently in the presence of hundreds of serving Armed Forces personnel and veterans.

Initiated by the South Atlantic Medal Association 1982, the Falklands memorial has been built to honour the Task Force and remember the 255 UK servicemen and merchant seamen who gave their lives in the Falklands conflict and to inform visitors of this important event in history.

The distinctive memorial has been designed to reflect the Falklands' landscape and echoes the commemorative wall at the Islands' San Carlos Cemetery. It is intended to create a restful space for contemplation by visitors and incorporates a seven-foot-high (2m) curved wall of rugged Cotswold stone facing a rock from the Falklands. It also features two granite benches and a number of granite plaques, including one on which the names of three Falkland Islanders who lost their lives are engraved.

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