Falklands

British Falklands War hero is shot dead by robbers while protecting his partner

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A British Falklands War hero was shot dead while protecting his partner during an armed raid on their ranch in South Africa. Former Royal Navy sailor Julian Stobbs, 59, was shot in the head and chest after four robbers broke into his home near Lanseria as he slept on Friday. His long-term partner Myrtle Clarke, 53, … Read more

Sailor reunited with the hat he lost at the end of Falklands War almost 40 years ago

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A sailor who served in the Falklands War has been reunited with his hat, almost 40 years after it went missing. Richard Farrand was too busy celebrating, as HMS Invincible sailed into Portsmouth at the end of the war, to notice it had disappeared.   Then a 23-year-old leading engineer aboard the famous aircraft carrier, he … Read more