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The British force consisted of the Third Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), under Lieutenant Colonel Hew Pike.Artillery support came from six 105mm light guns of 29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery and the 4.5-in gun of HMS Avenger, Second Battalion, the Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) were in reserve.
On 4 September 2006, four Soviet anti-personnel mines, undetonated since the 1979-1989 Soviet–Afghan War, were set off by members of 3PARA in what became known as the Kajaki Dam Incident. There was a single fatality and seven others were left with seriously life-threatening injuries. [17] 3 PARA soldiers in combat in Afghanistan during 2008
The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial dependency, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Ian Bailey – Military Medal recipient during the Falklands War; Chay Blyth – Solo Yachtsman & Atlantic rower. Nick Brown – SAS Soldier † Charles (Nish) Bruce QGM – 22 SAS Sergeant & Pilot; Bryan Budd – VC recipient † Mark Burnett – television producer and Falklands War veteran; Karl Bushby – adventurer and author
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Terence John Peck MBE CPM (2 August 1938 – 30 December 2006) was a member of the Falkland Islands Defence Force who during the 1982 Falklands War became a war hero by spying on the Argentine invaders, subsequently escaping to British lines, acting as a scout for 3rd Battalion, Parachute Regiment, and taking part in the fighting for Mount Longdon.
H and his battalion of a few hundred soldiers were tasked with the first land battle of the war: retaking Goose Green and San Carols, two key settlements being held by Argentine forces.