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The outdoor installation features life-size silhouettes of the 258 military personnel and civilians who lost their lives in the Falklands Conflict. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

'Meet the Veterans' event at Fort Nelson

Royal Marines veterans with the new memorial plinth to NP8901.

Falklands 40: Veteran commandos return to the islands to unveil memorial

Veterans from Leuven, Belgium, with AB Sam Kitchen and AB Amelia Kelly, both of HMS Nelson. Armed Forces Day at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Picture: Chris Moorhouse (jpns 250622-19)

Veterans dealt 'disservice' and left ‘disappointed’ by Armed Forces Day

Pictured is: Crowds gather to witness the parade Picture: Keith Woodland (190621-130)

Portsmouth is 'the UK's best city' to mark military events after Falklands event

Falkland Veterans march through Old Portsmouth. Picture: Keith Woodland

Hundreds of Falklands veterans take part in 'emotional' parade

Dozens of Falklands veterans were given a rousing welcome to Portsmouth by the Royal Marines Band to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. Picture: Sarah Standing (170622-119)

Latest updates on Falklands War anniversary events

Teniente de Naviro (Lieutenant) Alfredo Astiz signing the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of all Argentine forces at Lieth, on South Georgia on board HMS Plymouth. He was held at Chichester as a prisoner-of-war

Falklands flashback: Talks about 'torture crimes' of Argentina's 'Captain Death'

The Royal Naval Association event to commemorate the Falklands War.

British forces 'professionalism' won the Falklands War, veterans say

HMS Sheffield remembrance service at the Falklands Memorial in Old Portsmouth in 2019 Picture: Ian Hargreaves (050519-6)

Hundreds of veterans to join a huge parade to mark Falklands 40 in Portsmouth

HMS Southampton steams past the Round Tower on her way to the South Atlantic on June 18, 1982. The News PP4135

Falklands flashback: On this day relief ships left Portsmouth for South Atlantic

General Galtieri

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth, on June 17, 1982

Argentine prisoners of war massed in Port Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, after their surrender to the British Falkland Islands Task ForcePicture: PA Wire.

Falklands flashback: Headlines from The News on this day in 1982

Nick Burchell raises the Union flag outside The Great Hall. Picture: HCC

Falklands 40: County council pays tribute to 'brave' Falklands personnel

Rev Godfrey Hilliard now lives in Portsmouth and will be joining a service to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands on Sunday

Meet the Commando chaplain who joined Marines during the fight to free Falklands

Argentinian prisoners of war at Port Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, waiting to be repatriated via Montevideo

Falklands flashback: UK plans for the future after Argentinian surrender

HMS Glamorgan

Falklands flashback: Portsmouth mourns loss of HMS Glamorgan sailors
Here are the headlines from June 14, 40 years ago, as Portsmouth mourned its lost sailors.

A Sea Harrier jump jet on the flight deck of HMS Hermes heading to the Falklands after the Argentinian invasion of the islands, April 1982 Picture: Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images)

Falklands 40: Headlines from June 12, 1982 as Argentina takes prisoner-of-war

HMS Coventry - pictured 10 minutes after being struck by Argentine forces - which was sunk during the Falklands Conflict

Falklands: Headlines on June 11, 1982 as stories emerge of Royal Navy gallantry

HMS Albion's sailors and marines on the flightdeck, attending the 40th anniversary remembrance service for Foxtrot 4, June 9, 2022

Falklands 40: Royal Navy experts make bid to find 'lost wreck' of Foxtrot 4

A Royal Navy Sea King helicopter hovers over life-rafts to pick up survivors from the blazing British landing ship, RFA Sir Galahad, during the devastating air attack on Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram Picture: Martin Cleaver/PA

Falklands 40: Headlines from June 10, 1982

RFA Sir Galahad ablaze after the Argentine air raid at Bluff Cove near Fitzroy settlement on East Falkland Picture: Martin Cleaver/PA Wire

Headlines on June 9, 1982 as Sir Galahad and Sir Tristram are bombed

The headlines from The News on June 8, 1982 as the Falklands War entered its final week

Falklands 40: The headlines on June 8, 1982 as the war approached its final week

Port Stanley

Falklands flashback: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth on June 7, 1982

Tory Foreign Secretary Lord Francis Pym, pictured in 1982 Picture: Martin Cleaver/PA Wire

Headlines from The News on June 5, 1982

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher addresses the Scottish Conservative party conference in Perth, May 1989.

Falklands 40: Headlines from June 5 as US twist shocks Thatcher

The picture shows a helicopter returning to HMS Antrim having rescued SAS Troopers trapped on a glacier. Then-Lieutenant Chris Parry was mentioned in despatches for his role in the re-taking of South Georgia Picture: (120547-758)

Falklands 40: Headlines from June 4 as Queen honours heroes of the campaign

HMS Glasgow enters Portsmouth Harbour for repairs after taking a hit in the Falkland War, 1982. The News PP4766

Falklands 40: Headlines from June 3,1982 as Portsmouth's dockyard 'hospital' gea...
THESE are the headlines from 1982 as dockyard workers in Portsmouth geared up to launch a major campaign to repair warships damaged attempting to free the Falklands.

HMS Invincible leaving Portsmouth for Falklands in 1982. The News PP4866

Falklands 40: Headlines from 1982 as threat of dock closure eases

Four men scrubbing the flight deck on HMS Hermes during the Falklands conflict, May 1982. (Photo by Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images)

Falklands 40 headlines - June 1, 1982: frigates protect carriers from air raids

Gosport Falklands commemoration event in Gosport on Sunday 29th May 2022. Pictured is action from the event. Picture: Sam Stephenson.

Gosport sees hundreds turn-out for Falklands War commemoration event

Steel helmets abandoned by Argentine armed forces who surrendered at Goose Green to British Falklands Task Force troops Picture: PA Wire

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 29, 1982

Pope John Paul II during his visit to England in May 1982 Picture: Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 28, 1982

Falklands ship Atlantic Conveyor

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 27, 1982

Almost 600 sailors took part in the event at HMS Collingwood

Hundreds of sailors join Falklands service marking war's anniversary

The British destroyer HMS Coventry sinks after being hit by bombs from Argentine Skyhawk aircraft on May 25, 1982

Headlines from May 26, 1982 - reporting the sad Falklands loss of HMS Coventry

HMS Antelope pictured exploding 40 years ago in San Carlos Bay

Navy veteran describes apocalyptic moment HMS Antelope was destroyed

An Argentinian bomb explodes on board the Royal Navy frigate HMS Antelope killing the bomb disposal engineer who was trying to defuse it.

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 25, 1982

HMS Antrim

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 24, 1982

HMS Fearless leaves the Portsmouth Harbour for the Falkland Islands 1982. The News PP4725

Veterans to march through Gosport to mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands

Jan Zawada plays The Last Post next to the Yomper statue. Picture: Mike Cooter (210522)

Royal Marines remember the horrors of Falkland's 'Bomb Alley' 40 years on

HMS Ardent after it was hit by Argentinian missiles

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 22, 1982

Royal Marines march into Port Stanley at the end of the war.

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth on May 21, 1982

The Falklands naval task force in the Atlantic

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 20, 1982

The News on May 19, 1982

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 19, 1982

Falklands war veterans at Fort Nelson, as the historic site opens a free exhibition marking the 40th anniversary of the conflict.

Falklands 40: Fort Nelson to open free exhibit with Hampshire veteran interviews

A Sea King helicopter during the Falklands Picture: Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images)

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth, on May 18, 1982

HMS Hermes leaves for the Falklands

Falklands flashback: Headlines from The News on May 17, 1982

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in 1980 Picture: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 15, 1982

The Canberra

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth, on May 14, 1982

HMS Liverpool in 2012 Picture: LA(Phot) Simmo Simpson, FRPU(E), Royal Navy

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 13, 1982

Francis Pym Picture: Martin Cleaver/PA Wire

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News on May 12, 1982

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher in May 1982 Picture: Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Headlines from May 11, 1982 as Royal Navy strikes at Argentine fleets

Family and friends wave as HMS Bristol leaves to join the task force in the Falklands, South Atlantic. Picture ref: 821093-3

Falklands 40: Headlines from The News, Portsmouth, on May 10, 1982

Port Stanley, East Falkland, Tuesday Picture: Martin Cleaver/Press Association

Headlines from The News on May 8, 1982 as South Atlantic exclusion zone extended

HMS Sheffield, damaged by an Exocet missile attack near the Falkland Islands during the Falklands War, May 1982. Twenty people lost their lives in the incident and the ship later sank in the South Atlantic Picture: Martin Cleaver/Pool/Getty Images)

Falklands 40 flashback: Grief over the loss of HMS Sheffield sailors