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

Contents

[edit] Land Forces

[edit] 3 Commando Brigade

Commander:Brigadier Julian Thompson

  • 29 Commando, Regiment Royal Artillery (Lt Col Mike Holroyd Smith)
  • 40 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Malcolm Hunt) — Blue Beach 2 - Sapper Hill. (†1)
  • 42 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Nick Vaux) — Mount Kent - Mount Harriett. (†2)
  • 45 Commando, Royal Marines (Lt Col Andrew Whitehead) — Red Beach - Douglas Settlement - Two Sisters. (†12)
  • 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col H. Jones VC) — Blue Beach 1 - Goose Green & Darwin - Wireless Ridge. (†18)
    • 29 Field Battery RA
    • Blowpipe Troop of 43 Air Defence Battery
    • Field Troop 9 Parachute Engineer Squadron (†4)
    • Troop 16 Field Ambulance
    • Department 81 Ordnance Company
    • 613 TACP
  • 3nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment (Lt Col Hew Pike) — Green Beach - Teal Inlet - Mount Longdon. (†21)
    • 1 x Section Field Ambulance
    • 1 x Ordnance Coy Detachment
  • Commando Logistics Regiment, Royal Marines (Lt Col Ivar Helberg) (†1)
  • 3 Commando Brigade HQ and Signals Squadron (Major Peter Cameron) (†1)
    • 9 x Gazelle AH.1 helicopters (†3)
    • 6 x Scout helicopters (†1)
  • 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
  • Air Defence Troop
  • Raiding Squadron, Royal Marines (Captain Chris Baxter)
  • Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre, Royal Marines (Captain Rod Boswell)
  • 2, 3 and 6 Sections Special Boat Squadron (SBS), Royal Marines, (Major Jonathan Thomson) (†1)
    • 67 men
  • D and G Squadrons 22nd SAS Regiment (Lt Col Michael Rose) (†19)
    • 107 men
  • 3 x Tactical air control parties
  • Air maintenance group
  • Rear link detachment 30 Signal Regiment (†3)
  • 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.
  • 59 Independent Commando Squadron, Royal Engineers. (†3)
  • Detachment 49 EOD squadron 33 engineer regiment (†1)
    • 2 man bomb disposal team
  • Y Troop detachment communications.
  • Commando forces Band (stretcher-bearers)

[edit] 5 Infantry Brigade

Commander:Brigadier Anthony Wilson

[edit] Infantry weapons

Falklands War
Military forces | Argentine ground forces | British ground forces | Argentine air forces | British 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


[edit] References

  • The Battle For The Falklands, Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins, 1983, Michael Joseph Ltd., ISBN 0-330-35284-9
  • The Official History of the Falklands Campaign, Sir Lawrence Freedman, 2005, Routledge, ISBN 0-7146-5207-5


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