Today we mark the 40th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom, which claimed the lives of 255 British service men and women during the ten-week conflict.
Councillor Roger Croad, Devon County Council’s Armed Forces Lead Member and former member of the Armed Forces, said:
“It is with great respect that I look back to that time and remember friends and colleagues around me.
“Forty years is a long time, yet that experience shaped the lives for those service men and women who returned. And of those who didn’t return, we remember.
“Devon has a long and proud association with the Armed Forces. And with a different war, waging in Europe, we remain committed to the ongoing support for service personnel, reservists, veterans and military families.
“On this anniversary of the end of the Falklands campaign, we remember those who fought and the impact that it had not just on service men and women, but also on their families.”
