HMS Sheffield
A Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer became the first British ship to be sunk during the Falklands War. She was guarding the outer perimeter of the Task Force which made her vulnerable to attack. On May 4, Sheffield was detected by Argentine Super Etendard which launched its...
This Poppy Cross was in a plant trough at Morecambe Cenotaph, Lancashire.
Able Seaman D171207C Andrew Robert BARR of H.M.S. Ardent was killed in action 21st May 1982 aged 20 in Falkland Sound. This ship on which he was serving was attacked while lying in Falkland Sound by Argentines A-4...
(Chief Petty Officer) AEM(M)1 D065361N Allan McAulay Born 25th August 1946. Killed in Action on HMS Ardent, 21st May 1982 during the Falklands War. He is commemorated on the Droitwich Spa War memorial and also on the Old Portsmouth Falklands Sea Forces Memorial, Portsmouth, next to the square tower
Situated in the town
Falklands Fallen 1982
(Chief Petty Officer) AEM(M)1 D065361N Allan McAulay Born 25th August 1946. Killed in Action on HMS Ardent, 21st May 1982 during the Falklands War. He is also commemorated on the Old Portsmouth Falklands Sea Forces Memorial, Portsmouth, next to...
1929 HMS ARDENT. A member of a class of 19 traditional destroyers, the first to be constructed for the Royal Navy since the end of the First World War, HMS Ardent was to be an early victim of the second global war.
THE FIRST ALPHABET DESTROYERS
The As and Bs, launched in 1929-30, were the...
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