Anyone who witnessed the repatriation of British forces from the Falkland’s War in 1982 could not have ... DNA identification and its ability to name the dead after so long is clever science ...
A total of 649 Argentines, and 255 British troops, died during the Falklands War in 1982. The ICRC said it hoped to be able to give answers to most of the relatives of those killed in the conflict.
"We had a number of casualties ... The fighting, once they reached the Falklands, reminded them of scenes from World War One he recalled, sheltering in trenches using bayonets.
A shocking little-known toll of the Falklands War is revealed today, 20 years on. More veterans have taken their own lives since the South Atlantic conflict ended than the number of Servicemen ...
Veteran Chris Waddington, was pronounced dead at the scene. The hero pilot Mr Waddington, who lived in Herefordshire, recently appeared in a BBC TV show to mark 40 years since the Falklands War.
The 74-day-long Falklands War of 1982 saw the UK successfully retake the islands after an Argentine invasion at a total cost of 900 deaths , of which 265 were British . Since then, however ...