PICTURES: Falklands War is remembered by veterans at Inverness War Memorial on the 40th anniversary of the Argentinian surrender
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Those who lost their lives in the Falklands’ conflict were remembered on Wednesday at Inverness War Memorial.
The ceremony marked the 40th anniversary of the Argentinian surrender after occupying the British dependency 10 weeks earlier.
The undeclared war saw the loss of more than 1000 lives, including more than 250 British personnel.
Among those at the cenotaph was Maxi MacDonald (72), of Inverness, who with G Coy 2 Battalion the Scots Guards, took part in intense fighting on Tumbledown Mountain.
“We were running at the Argentinians in the dark with bayonets fixed,” he recalled. “There was a lot of close quarters stuff before we fought through them.”
G Company was led by Maj Iain Dalzel-Job, whose son Maj Malcolm Dalzel-Job, Commander C Coy 7 Scots, was among those who laid a wreath on Wednesday.
The ceremony was led by the local branch of the Royal British Legion Scotland and their padre the Rev John Cuthbert gave thanks to those who died or were injured in war “in the hope that their sacrifice would bring about a better and safer world.”
