Paul Neville Lightfoot

22nd Special Air Service Regiment

Paul, born 14th January 1961, served with the Royal Signals prior to joining the Special Air Service.

He died on 19th May 1982 when the Sea King helicopter he was travelling on crashed into the sea.

Personal information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com

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It was with deep regret I heard of Paul’s death whilst I was at Manchester Polytechnic, late in ’82. A former pupil of the Duke of York’s Royal Military School (as was I, and indeed Paul…known singularly as ‘Nev’ by all) informed me of the sad loss.

‘Nev’ Lightfoot was a character to be feared at times – but only if you were playing up. A year older than me, he was drawn towards my sense of humour and mischieviousness – traits I would say were similar to his. I knew he’d joined the Royal Signals, but was unaware of his progression to Hereford. My father had done the same, all be it Royal Signals and SAS in Malaya. He was a great guy…a born soldier. He is sadly missed – my father too.

Eric Robinson.

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In 2022, as part of the 40^th Anniversary commemorations, geographical features were identified and named after the fallen of 1982. LIGHTFOOT BEACH is a sandy beach at Pond Point, on the east coast of Weddell Island, West Falkland.

It is in position
51° 47′ 10.97″ S, 060° 51′ 35.13″ W