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Lieutenant-Colonel Phil Neame

Service History

Operations

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Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)
A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war ...

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Falklands (Operation Corporate)
On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by...

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1982

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Group photos

Group portrait of 2 PARA officers, April 1982.
Group portrait of 2 PARA officers, April 1982.
Bn HQ 2 PARA, Airport Camp, Belize, c1987.
Bn HQ 2 PARA, Airport Camp, Belize, c1987.

Photos

Phil Neame carrying a Bergen, MV Norland, 1982
Phil Neame carrying a Bergen, MV Norland, 1982
Messrs Neame, Crosland and Standish at the Heroes Dinner, Greenwich, 2007.
Messrs Neame, Crosland and Standish at the Heroes Dinner, Greenwich, 2007.
Major Phil Neame c1982
Major Phil Neame c1982

Official documents

Notice to hold a sports competition, MV Norland, 1982
Notice to hold a sports competition, MV Norland, 1982

Post-combat reports

Account of 3 PARA's actions at Falklands by Maj Philip Neame. - page 1
Account of 3 PARA's actions at Falklands by Maj Philip Neame. - page 1
Account of 3 PARA's actions at Falklands by Maj Philip Neame. - page 2
Account of 3 PARA's actions at Falklands by Maj Philip Neame. - page 2