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59 Independent Commando Squadron RE - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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59 Independent Commando Squadron RE - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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59 Independent Commando Squadron RE - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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59 Independent Commando Squadron RE - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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59 Independent Commando Squadron RE - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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Location of memorial in the National Memorial Arboretum - Taken by Mike Colton 09 Jan 2021
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59 Memorial unveiled by Major General Geoffrey Field - Taken by Mike Colton 01 Feb 2021
Reference WMO/279128
Address:
Allied Special Forces Memorial Grove
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Burton-on-Trent
DE13 7AR
England
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- Falklands Conflict (1982)
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Commemorated on the memorial are: - Staff Sergeant James Prescott of 33 Engineer Regiment EOD who was KIA on the 23rd May 1982 whilst defusing a bomb on HMS Antelope. Age 37. Sapper Pradeep Gandhi of 2 Troop, 59 Independent Commando Squadron RE who was KIA on the 27th May 1982 at San Carlo. Age 24. Corporal Michael Melia of Recce Troop, 59 Independent Commando Squadron RE who was KIA on the 28th May 1982 at Goose Green. Age 30. Sapper Christopher Jones of Condor Troop, 59 Independent Commando Squadron RE who was KIA on the12th June 1982 at Two Sisters. Age 19. Corporal Scott Wilson of 2 Troop, 59 Independent Commando Squadron RE who was KIA on 13th June 1982 at Mount Longdon. Age 25.
Staff Sergeant James Prescott Sapper Predeep Gandhi Corporal Michael Melia Sapper Christopher Jones Corporal Scott Wilson
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