Major Albert Brown, Salvation Army, passed away in October 2024. Albert served as Deputy Association Chaplain for SAMA (82).…

Trevor Browning lived on the Islands during the conflict and assisted with night time civilian patrols and delivering supplies to troops.…

Mr John Callus, the father of Paul B Callus, who was killed in action on 25th May 1982, HMS Coventry, has passed away. John joined SAMA (82) as a Special member in 2001.…

Paul worked as a civilian as a Senior Photographer for Soldier Magazine during the conflict, sending images to news associations around the world. Paul sailed down on QEII & Canberra and attached primarily to 5 Brigade.…

Bruce Kilshaw was a volunteer at SAMA (82) Office for a number of years. Although he never saw active duty in the conflict, he did serve in the Scot Guards for a time. Bruce also worked for the Tumbledown Veterans Association as an Archivist/Historian. The Armed Forces was very much the fabric of Bruce. …

Mrs J Osborne passed away in July 2020. She is the mother of CK D Osborne, HMS Sheffield, who was KIA on 4th May 1982. For 33 years she fought bureaucracy to have her son remembered on the war memorial in Old Colwyn, North Wales, and feared that she would pass before this was achieved. She joined forces with the Type 42 Association and on the 8th May 2016 they achieved their goal and Mrs Osborne led a parade in the town to “officially” unveil his name on the memorial, with many of David’s family, friends and comrades present.…

Mrs Alison Spray widow of MAA Peter Spray, passed away at home on 15.01.2021.…

Raymond Stuart, father of Matthew Stuart, HMS Argonaut, who was killed in action in May 1982, has passed away from terminal cancer.…

Ann joined the Board of Trustees in 2010 and held two roles within the association. The first being our Families and Next of Kin Liaison and the second Welfare Support. Ann took both these roles very seriously and approached them with such hard work and determination. In 2014 when Ann retired from the roles, her daughter Debbie Pick, stepped up the plate and took on the mantel of following in her mothers’ footsteps with these roles. Ann also played a significant part in the Trustee team that campaigned, fundraised and assisted with the design of the Falklands Memorial, which was …