24 NAVY NEWS, APRIL 2007
Red,Red, white and grwhite and grey
● HMS Endurance – known as the Red Plum because of her distinctive red-and-white colour scheme – sails past HMS Edinburgh at Mare Harbour in the Falklands Picture: Cpl Richard Cave, RLC
Island yomp
Talks, memories
is a tribute
and a big parade
SIX RN and RM personnel from
HMS Collingwood have retraced
Veteran is homeless
AMONG the Falklands 25
the route of the Green Berets’
commemorative events in the
famous ‘Yomp’ between San
coming weeks are:
Carlos and Stanley in 1982.
A VETERAN of the
the Prime Minister to help save complicated the land campaign.
A day of talks at Deepcut marina
Team leader Lt Nobby Hall
in Surrey on April 21 on the
Falklands Conflict has been
the frigate: go to http://petitions. A dozen men died, and just
said: “I wanted to remind the
logistical effort required to retake
left homeless, and time is
pm.gov.uk/plymouth/ one Chinook survived, as it was
public, especially to educate
the islands.
A memorial to the Atlantic airborne when the missile struck.
younger members, what a running out.
Falklands: Sustaining an Invasion
Conveyor is scheduled to be A propeller from patrol craft
colossal task lay ahead for the
has been organised by the Friends
The veteran in question officially dedicated during the HMS Protector, which served in
British forces and how important
of the Royal Logistic Corps
is Type 12 frigate HMS commmemorations to mark the the islands after the Conflict, is
it had been to liberate the
Museum – details are at www.
Plymouth, which was involved
end of the Conflict 25 years ago. to be used by Rob Yssel as the
Falkland Islanders, who are our
RLCMuseumFriends.com
in every major action during
The Conveyor was lost to an centrepice of the memorial.
fellow countrymen.”
The Southport Falklands War marina
the South Atlantic campaign.
may end up as scrap.
Exocet on May 25 1982, and It will stand at Cape Pembroke,
The team yomped 74 miles
25th Commemorative Parade,
After active service the frigate
“The ship is a national memorial
although her 14 Harriers had and the intersection of the two
in five days, sleeping in bivouacs,
followed by an event in Princes
was due to be a target ship for
to the UK seafarers lost in the
been flown off, she went down uppermost blades will indicate
and conducted a remembrance
Park, will take place on May 20.
service in Stanley.
missiles, but was saved to be opened
South Atlantic in 1982 – and a with six RN Wessex helicopters the location of the sinking of the For details contact Steve
to the public as a tribute to those
fine chapel, paid for by relatives of and five RAF Chinooks, which Atlantic Conveyor. Hawkshaw on 07914 918381 or
Aspects of war
who fought in the Falklands.
the men lost in 1982 was built and email
Louxandxsteve@aol.com
She has had berths at Plymouth,
dedicated on board in memory of
Cross of Nails on show
Portsmouth Naval Base marina
Glasgow and Birkenhead, but
their men,” said former RN officer workers who helped prepare the
A TALK on battlefi eld surgery
early last year she was forced to
Mike Critchley. Falklands task force are being
in the Falklands by Surg Capt
AN HISTORIC cross recovered from the wreck of destroyer HMS
move as her berth was part of a
He said Plymouth would be an urged to publish their memories
Rick Jolly, on April 20, is one of a
redevelopment scheme.
appropriate home for the warship,
Coventry after she was sunk in the Falklands Conflict is to go on
on a website created by Fleet
series of events at the Imperial War
The charity which bought her
adding: “She will doubtless now
show at the RN Museum in Portsmouth in an exhibition marking
Support Ltd – the entry, of no
Museum North in Manchester.
went into administration, and she
end her days in a scrapyard abroad
the 25th anniversary of the war.
more than 200 words and ideally
Capt David Hart-Dyke will talk
has been awaiting her fate on
if a berth cannot be found quickly
The Cross of Nails is made of medieval iron nails picked from
accompanied by a photo of the
on May 15 about HMS Coventry.
Merseyside ever since.
for her this summer season and the
the bombed riuins of Coventry Cathedral during the war, and
author, should be emailed to
An exhibition of photos, A
A proposed move to Plymouth
various events for this, the 25th presented to the ship in 1978. steve.wallace@fleet-support.
Long Way From Home, runs at the
fell through at the eleventh hour,
anniversary of the Falklands War.” The cross was recovered by divers and, having served in the
co.uk or posted to Steve Wallace,
museum until July 1.
and now her supporters fear she
For the latest news on the ship Type 22 frigate HMS Coventry, is now back with the Cathedral. FSL Corporate Communications,
see
www.hmsplymouth.co.uk Task Force South: The Royal Navy and the Falklands War runs Semaphore Tower, Portsmouth
March through the capital
There is also an e-petition asking until February 2008. Naval Base PO1 3LT.
LONDON is staging a major event on June 17 to commemorate the
25th anniversary of the Falklands Conflict.
The tribute to veterans, both retired and serving, civilians and war
WOs sign up for ‘sanity check’
widows, will include contributions from all three Services and the
Merchant Navy.
Attendance is by ticket only, and while many tickets have gone, there
WARRANT officers are famed for because they’re not always part of Most of the WOs have joint
will be space for any veteran wishing to march. Veterans may also apply
their ability to get things done. But the planning process. experience, or are moving to a
for tickets for guests to sit in the stands.
while their practical bent of mind “What we aim to do is give joint job, and the aim is to break
The event starts with a muster at Horse Guards Parade, with iconic
is highly valued, they’re not always them the confidence to know they down any tri-Service barriers,
images, recollections, music and a drumhead service, and the veterans
encouraged to think strategically. can speak up.” as well as the old commissioned
will then march up the Mall to Buckingham Palace, where the Prince of
The Joint Services Warrant He added: “Information is officer/WO ones.
Wales will take the salute.
Officers’ Course (JSWOC) aims power and some people keep it to “This building is a marvellous
There will also be a tri-Service fly-past.
to change all that. The residential themselves. But the more we can shrine to officers and their
course, based at the Joint Services’
See
www.veteransagency.mod.uk or call free on 0800 169 2277.
do to help these very experienced education, and they need to see
Command and Staff College in people understand the planning these WOs walking around and
Shrivenham, brings together processes, the more they can pay attention to what they have to
experienced WOs from all three
contribute.” say,” said Air Cdre Harwood.
Services to hone their analytical
The course is designed to He added: “These people have
and strategic skills.NEED initial FREE
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Over two weeks they’re
training, not replace it. It brings we want them to make the most of
encouraged to take the “view from
together WO1s and WO2s from their two weeks living with the
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the three Services, plus occasional officers and telling it like it is.”
and multinational operations are
students from outside the Forces. The course runs eight times a
Then contact:
planned at the highest levels.
The training package (there year and tutors are keen to get
By the end, they have a better
is no exam) is delivered by the more Reservists, more RN WO2s,
understanding of command,
institution’s high-calibre team of and also Royal Marine WOs.
leadership and management, plus
lecturers from King’s College, “I want this course to energise
an overview of global issues.
London, and includes such topics them, and from what I have seen
Air Cdre Mike Harwood,
as the UN and peace support it really works,” said the Air Cdre.
Assistant Commandant at
operations; and the ethics of war. “They leave here buzzing.” WO1 Howard Pavey (above),
Shrivenham, said: “All too often
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“In my job I had experience
Civil Service and their Families
WO2 Tim Hunt (left), DLO, bunch of bright and enthusiastic
with the RAF and BAE Systems,
said: “I feel the course has given guys.
but not the Army – and it’s been
very refreshing to find out the Contact:
me a much more rounded view “One of the beauties of JSWOC
of my colleagues from the other is that every person in front of us
sort of pressures they are under.
Services. has spoken to us on the same
“Finding out more about the
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“I have much more empathy for level they would address a one-
other Services and the challenges
our brothers in green who have to star – there is no condescension.
they face has been fascinating.
“I don’t think the course will or
get down and dirty at the sharp “The course has given me a
end. mindset change – we had two
change the way I do my job,
but it will change what I tell the
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“Going to war in an air- lectures on leadership and
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young guys in the squadrons.
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“A course along these lines
much more civilised than these my own career as well as my
should be run for them too,
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guys living in a trench with the subordinates.
because there isn’t always
threat of death 24/7. “The danger in our jobs is that
someone there to give them the
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“There’s lots of high-spirited we can become too specialised
bigger picture.
“For me the best aspect has
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leg pulling – we joked that the and not see beyond our own areas.
been the political insight, because
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on a day-to-day basis. It’s given
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humoured. “But the main thing I will take
me an insight into politics and an
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“It’s been an immensely away is the appreciation of the
enjoyable experience with a tri-Service aspects.”
overview of world events which
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