British ground forces in the Falklands War
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This is a list of the ground forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War. For a list of ground forces from Argentina, see Argentine ground forces in the Falklands War
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UK Land Forces Falkland Islands
- Land forces commander: Major-General Jeremy Moore, Royal Marines
- Deputy commander: Brigadier John Waters
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Commander:Brigadier Julian Thompson
- 29 Commando, Regiment Royal Artillery (Lt Col Mike Holroyd Smith)
- * 18 x 105 mm light guns
- * 148 Naval Gunfire Observation Battery
- 40 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Malcolm Hunt)
- 42 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Nick Vaux)
- 45 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Andrew Whitehead)
- 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col H. Jones VC)
- * 29 Field Battery RA
- * Blowpipe Troop of 43 Air Defence Battery
- * Field Troop 9 Parachute Engineer Squadron
- * Troop 16 Field Ambulance
- * Department 81 Ordnance Company
- * 613 TACP
- 3nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col Hew Pike)
- * 1 x Section Field Ambulance
- * 1 x Ordnance Coy Detachment
- Commando Logistics Regiment, Royal Marines (Lt Col Ivar Helberg)
- 3 Commando Brigade HQ and Signals Squadron (Major Peter Cameron)
- * 11 x Gazelle AH.1 helicopters
- * 6 x Scout helicopters
- Reconnaissance Troops (Lt. Mark Coreth)
- : B Squadron, Blues & Royals
* 4 x FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)) * 4 x FV107 Scimitar CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)) * 1 x FV106 Samson CVR(T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)) T Battery 12 Air Defence Regiment * 12 x Rapier Missile FS.B2 Launcher Air Defence Troop * 12 x Blowpipe Missilelaunchers Raiding Squadron, Royal Marines (Captain Chris Baxter) * 17 x Rigid Raiding Craft Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre, Royal Marines (Captain Rod Boswell) 2, 3 and 6 Sections Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Royal Marines, (Major Jonathan Thomson) * 67 men D and G Squadrons 22nd SAS Regiment (Lt Col Michael Rose) * 107 men 3 x Tactical air control parties Air maintenance group Rear link detachment 30 Signal Regiment Elements of 17 Port Regiment Royal Corps of Transport. * 3 x Mexefloat detachments. * 5 x Landing ship logistics detachments. 3 x Surgical support teams Postal courier communications unit detachment of 1 PC regiment Detachment RAF Special Forces Detachment 47 Air despatch squadron RCT. Detachment 49 EOD squadron 33 engineer regiment * 2 man bomb disposal team Y Troop detachment communications. Commando forces Band (stretcher-bearers)
5 Infantry Brigade
Commander:Brigadier Anthony Wilson
- 2nd Bn, Scots Guards (Lt Col Michael Scott)
- 1st Bn, Welsh Guards (Lt Col John Rickett)
- 1st Bn, 7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha Rifles (Lt Col David Morgan)
- 97 Battery Royal Artillery
- * 6 x 105 mm L118 Light Gun
- HQ 4 Field Regiment, RA
- 656 Squadron Army Air Corps
- * 6 x Gazelle
- * 3 x Scout
- 10 Field Workshop REME
- 16 Field Ambulance
- 81 Ordnance Company
- Forward Air Control Party
- * 2 x FAC
| Falklands War |
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| Military forces | Argentine ground forces | British ground forces | Air forces | Argentine naval forces | British naval forces | ||
| Timeline | Background | Invasion | Falklands War | ||
| Battles | Goose Green | Mount Harriet | Two Sisters | Mount Longdon | Mount Tumbledown | Wireless Ridge | ||
| Operations | Algeciras | Canbelow | Corporate | Black Buck | Keyhole | Paraquat | Purple Warrior | Rosario | Sutton | ||
References
- The Battle For The Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins, ISBN 0330352849
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