MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
News Release (118/2007) issued by The Government News Network on 8
June 2007
11 June
* Battle for Stanley begins.
* 42 Commando attack Mount Harriet.
* 45 Commando attack Two Sisters.
* 3 Para attack Mount Longdon.
Gen Sir Hew Pike KCB, DSO, MBE - Commanding Officer of 3 Para
Brian Falkner - Was the Col Sgt in charge of the Regimental Aid
Post (RAP), saving many lives including that of Denzil Connick.
The RAP was situated 50-100 yards behind the fighting troops at
the battle line. It was his job to go forward to assess the
casualties (dead and injured) of both sides. He would then return
to the RAP and brief the stretcher bearers and go back with them
to collect the casualties returning them to the RAP. He was
awarded the DCM (Distinguished Conduct Medal) for his bravery.
Major (retd) John Francis MBE. Served as a Battery Sergeant Major
of 7 Commando Battery Royal Artillery supporting 45 Commando o,
and fought throughout the campaign. His was the first gun battery
ashore with 3 Para at Port San Carlos, and moved three guns onto
Mount Kent overnight 30-31 May. On 31 May they fired on Moody
Brook, and gave direct fire support to Special Forces. They also
supported operations at Two Sisters, Mount Longdon, Tumbledown and
Wireless Ridge. Part of his ammunition built fortification from
Mount Harriet to Mount Longdon is part of the battlefield tour to
this day. He received a Mention in Despatches. John served in the
British Army for 42 years and currently works for BLESMA (British
Limbless Ex Servicemen Association) as a welfare officer and
arranges adventure training weeks for the members of past and
current conflicts.
12 June
* All attacks successful by dawn.
* HMS Glamorgan was hit by a land launched Exocet missile which
destroyed the ship's Wessex HAS.3 helicopter and hangar.
Fires broke out but were brought under control, and she was back
in service 36 hours later with a loss of 13 of the ship's company.
* Black Buck 7 Bombing raid on Stanley installations.
13 June
* 2 Para attack Wireless Ridge.
* Scotts Guards attack Tumbledown.
* 1/7 Gurkhas attack Mount William.
Malcolm Simpson, 2 Para RSM retired as a Major and received the
MBE. He lives with his wife Paula in Birkenhead. His memories of
the battle for Wireless Ridge are fresh and detailed. He also
remembers on the 14 June watching the Argentineans throwing down
their weapons and literally running off Sapper Hill and into Port
Stanley with the artillery firing all around them. He took the
surrender of two Argentine attack helicopters which are now in a
museum. At one point when he had 16 or 17 prisoners of war he met
with General Menendez at Government House, who had an Argentinean
television crew with him. He saluted the General and handed his
men back to him. After this he went into Government House and into
the Operations Room, where he sent a telegram to his wife Paula to
let her know that he was alright.
Lance Sergeant Jamie Simeon, 34, is the son of a Falkland veteran
who was mortally wounded during the battle for Mount Tumbledown
and a serving member of the Scots Guards who will be marching at
Trooping the Colour on Saturday 16 June and then again with the
Falklands veterans and families on Sunday 17 June in The Mall. His
father John was the Platoon Sergeant of number 13 Platoon Left
Flank 2nd Battalion Scots Guards and was mortally wounded by a
sniper on the night of 13/14 June. He had been a serving Scots
Guardsman since 1965 and had completed numerous tours in Northern
Ireland and had also been deployed to Malaysia and Borneo during
the 60's. John travelled to the Islands on the QE2 and
Canberra. The Bayonet Charge by Left Flank Company, led by the
Company Commander Maj John Kiszely now Lt Gen, contributed to the
success of 2nd Scots Guards in capturing Tumbledown.
14 June
* All objectives taken.
* 3 Para and 42 Commando advance to join 2 Para near Stanley
racecourse while 45 Commando advance to Sapper Hill. All remained
vigilant until the surrender negotiations had been completed. The
only person to carry on walking was the journalist Max Hastings.
* All Argentine forces surrender.
Roll of Honour:
42 Commando Royal Marines
Cpl J SMITH
Cpl LG WATTS
45 Commando Royal Marines
Cpl PR FITTON
Sgt RA LEEMING
Mne 1 GC MACPHERSON
Mne 1 MJ NOWAK
Mne 1 K PHILLIPS
Cpl IF SPENCER
Cpl AB UREN
HMS Glamorgan
POAEM(L) MJ ADCOCK
Ck1 B EASTON
AEM(M)1 M HENDERSON
AEM[R]1 BP HINGE
LACAEMN(M) D LEE
Ck1 BG MALCOLM
POAEA(M) KI MCCALLUM
MEM(M)2 TW PERKINS
L/Ck M SAMBLES
L/Ck AE SILLENCE
Stwd JD STROUD
Lt DHR TINKER
POACMN CP VICKERS
HMS Invincible
NA1(AH) B MARSDEN
2 Para
SSgt GPM FINDLAY
Pte DA PARR
Pte FF SLOUGH
3 Para
Pte RJ ABSOLON
Pte G BULL
Pte JS BURT
Pte JD CROW
Pte MS DODSWORTH
Pte AD GREENWOOD
Pte N GROSE
Pte PJ HEDICKER
LCpl PD HIGGS
Cpl S HOPE
Pte TR JENKINS
Pte CE JONES
Pte SI LAING
LCpl CK LOVETT
Cpl KJ McCARTHY
Sgt IJ McKAY VC
Cpl SPF McLAUGHLIN
LCpl JH MURDOCH
LCpl DE SCOTT
Pte IP SCRIVENS
Pte PA WEST
Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers
Cfn A SHAW
2 Battalion Scots Guards
Gdsm DJ DENHOLM
Gdsm D MALCOLMSON
LSgt C MITCHELL
Gdsm D REYNOLDS DCM
Sgt SIMEON
Gdsm AG STIRLING
Gdsm R TANBINI
WOII D WIGHT
1 Battalion Welsh Guards
LCpl CC THOMAS
Royal Engineers 9 Para Sqn
LCpl JB PASHLEY
Cpl S WILSON
59 Cdo Sqn
Spr CA JONES
NOTE TO EDITORS:
1. Imagery is available from the Imperial War Museum website and
from http://www.mod.uk/defenceinternet/defencenews
2. The majority of historical details for this diary are taken
from 'The Official History of the Falklands Campaign' by
Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies at King's
College, London.
3. Please note that 'Falklands Conflict This Week
1982', is not designed to replicate official histories, it is
purely representative of some of the key events that took place
during the Falklands Campaign. It would prove impossible to
include the detail of all that occurred during one week, in one
press release.
4. Further information on the 25th Anniversary of the Falklands
Conflict is available from the online Falklands 25 Media Centre,
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/Falklands25MediaCentre.htm.The
Media Centre includes information on sourcing veterans, images and
visiting the Falkland Islands.