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Officer Commanding (OC) D Coy The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA) (Major)
1990
The 10th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (10 PARA) (Lieutenant-Colonel)

Operations

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

On 2nd April 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, a British Territory in the South Atlantic, followed the next day by an assault on South Georgia. The defending Royal Marines detachment at both locations were taken prisoner after fierce firefights.

Event

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

A brief honeymoon as peace keepers between two warring communities locked in civil unrest descended into a virtual civil war between Republican IRA and Protestant para-military groups during the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’ that were to last 37 years.

Decorations

1982

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The Falklands: 2 PARA at War - A Perspective

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Major Phil Neame's Personal Account of the Falklands War

An extract from the book 'Above All Courage' by Max Arthur. No section of this article may reproduced without the author's permission.

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The Formation of Pathfinder Platoon for 5 Airborne Brigade

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Major Phil Neame c1982

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Phil Neame carrying a Bergen, MV Norland, 1982

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Messrs Neame, Crosland and Standish at the Heroes Dinner, Greenwich, 2007.

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Bn HQ 2 PARA, Airport Camp, Belize, c1987.

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Group portrait of 2 PARA officers, April 1982.

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Account of 3 PARA's actions at Falklands by Maj Philip Neame.

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Notice to hold a sports competition, MV Norland, 1982

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Lieutenant-Colonel Phil Neame

Service History

Operations

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Decorations

Related articles

The Falklands: 2 PARA at War - A Perspective

Major Phil Neame's Personal Account of the Falklands War

The Formation of Pathfinder Platoon for 5 Airborne Brigade

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Post-combat reports_1

Official documents_1

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Lieutenant-Colonel Phil Neame

Service History

Operations

Falklands (Operation Corporate)

Northern Ireland (Operation Banner)

Decorations

Related articles

The Falklands: 2 PARA at War - A Perspective

Major Phil Neame's Personal Account of the Falklands War

The Formation of Pathfinder Platoon for 5 Airborne Brigade

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Post-combat reports_1

Official documents_1

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