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Chris Moorey on Mount Harriet
own transport. In advance Chris and I had liaised closely on work matters and he had advised me to bring walking kit as there would be many locations to visit.
On work matters a number of ships were inspected together with several liaison visits to get to know
the local shipping companies, many of whom I had worked with but from a distance and on the first weekend Chris kindly introduced me to the wildlife at Cape Pembroke and Gypsy Cove. However, as a cruise ship was in Stanley Harbour that day a large number of tourists were there, so a return visit was planned for a non-cruise ship day. From then on all of the objectives were starting to be achieved. The same weekend Chris also arranged for a walk to Mount Longdon, scene of one of the fierce battles which took place during the Falklands War in the advance to Stanley. On Mount Longdon, and indeed on other sites, there is still evidence of Argentinian positions and equipment remaining even after
more than forty years. What was poignant about
There is still evidence of Argentinian positions and equipment remaining even after more than forty years
Mount Longdon memorial
the location was the memorial cross and plaques commemorating the 23 NCOs and soldiers of 3 PARA who lost their lives to take the ground. It was here that it was decided to lay the Lieutenancy wreath,
it being the nearest Yorkshire connection I could make and where Sergeant Ian McKay VC, from South Yorkshire, gave his life.
During the following two weeks I managed to walk the battlefields of Mount Tumbledown and Mount Harriet, the former with Frank Essen, the Assistant Harbourmaster, and which also included a scramble on Mount William, and the latter with Chris. On Tumbledown and Harriet respects were paid at the memorials on both mountains commemorating the sacrifice of members of the Scots Guards and Royal Marines. On more coastal locations visits were paid and similar respects made at the memorials
to the fourteen Royal Navy personnel lost when HMS GL AMORGAN was hit by a land based Exocet missile after giving supporting naval gunfire to 45 Commando RM for their attack on Two Sisters and
Mount Tumbledown memorial
Mount Harriet memorial
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