June 1982
Military Cross
Is awarded the Military Cross for leadership during the Battle of Mount Tumbledown.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Mount Tumbledown in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Is awarded the Military Cross for leadership during the Battle of Mount Tumbledown.
Commands Scots Guards during the battle.
Is severely wounded during the attack on Tumbledown.
Commands Left Flank Company during the decisive central assault on Argentine positions on Mount Tumbledown.
Leads close-quarter fighting that breaks through strongly defended Argentine marine positions on the mountain.
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