
Dr William Spencer
@warsmatter
Author on military records in The National Archives. Interested in the archival evidence of war, veterans and memory. Falklands veteran. Graduate of @UofGlasgow
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06-03-2017 16:02:19
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Remembering Colour Sergeant Gordon Findlay, 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, killed during the Battle on Wireless Ridge, Falkland Islands on the 14thJune 1982 aged 32. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Lance Sergeant Clark Mitchell, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, killed during the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 26. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Private David Parr, 2nd Battalion Parachute Regiment, killed during the Battle on Wireless Ridge, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 19. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Lance Corporal John Pashley, 9 Parachute Squadron Royal Engineers attached Scots guards, killed during the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 22. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Sergeant John Simeon, 2ndBattalion Scots Guards, killed during the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 36. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Private Francis Slough, 2ndBattalion Parachute Regiment, killed during the Battle on Wireless Ridge, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 19. #Falklands Falkland Islands


Remembering Guardsman Ronald Tanbini, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, killed during the Battle of Tumbledown Mountain, Falkland Islands on the 14th June 1982 aged 25. #Falklands Falkland Islands


The The Times and The Sunday Times newspaper on this day in 1982! #LiberationDay #Falklands 🇫🇰🇬🇧



#OTD in 1982. #Falklands Battle of Tumbledown. grant murray Gdsm Derek Denholm, Gdsm Davie Malcolmson, LSgt Clark Mitchell, Gdsm Jim Reynolds, Sgt John Simeon, Gdsm Archie Stirling, Gdsm Ronnie Tanbini, D/Sgt Danny Wight & Cpl John Pashley RE. They deserve our salute.



Remembering Naval Airman 1 Brian Marsden, HMS Invincible Royal Navy, died in an accident on board the ship on the 16th June 1982 aged 19. #Falklands Falkland Islands




OTD 1815 Napoleon defeated by allied army under Wellington. Today battlefield aids veteran recovery through work of Waterloo Uncovered in a project which has added to understanding of battle & its aftermath. Excavation of a horse killed by cannon ball at Mont St Jean from last year.




Thrilled UofG is 12th in the world in Times Higher Education Impact Rankings! 1st in Scotland, 2nd in UK & 3rd in Europe. The rankings measure performance against the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals: gla.ac/3TvAcNk #THEGlobalImpact #THEUniRankings #WorldChangingGlasgow
