Memorial details

Memorial type
Garden
District
Lichfield
Town
Alrewas
County
Staffordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Falklands Conflict (1982)
Ceremony
  • Opened
    Date: 2 April 2007
    Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
61767

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Current location

The Orange Walk
National Memorial Arboretum
Croxall Road
Alrewas
Lichfield
Staffordshire
DE13 7AR
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 1838514560
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A garden planted with Viscosa Antelope, a deciduous azalea producing pink fragrant flowers in May. It commemorates the Falklands War and is named after HMS Antelope, which was sunk during the campaign. There is a black granite tablet on a brick plinth at the entry to the garden which includes details of the key battles within the War, inscribed in white lettering below a map of the region. A blue metal plaque on a stake is fixed into the flower bed. the plaque is decorated with the insignia and motto of HMS Antelope above a commemoration which includes the names of two men who died when HMS Antelope was sunk. The garden includes a tree dedicated to Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fieldhouse of Gosport, who was Commander of the Task force to recover the Falkland Islands. The garden leads to the South Atlantic Medal Association Memorial (WMR 6292).
Inscription
[Tablet]: THE SOUTH ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN 1982/ 2ND APRIL 1982 - 14TH JUNE 1982/ 2-3 APRIL - ARGENTINA INVADED THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND SOUTH GEORGIA/ 25 APRIL - SOUTH GEORGIA RETAKEN BY ROYAL NAVY, MARINES AND SPECIAL FORCES/ 1 MAY - FIRST LANDINGS ON FALKLAND ISLANDS BY SPECIAL FORCES/ 1 MAY - AIR AND NAVAL GUNFIRE ATTACKS ON STANLEY AIRPORT AND AIRSTRIPS/ 2 MAY - GENERAL BELGRANO TORPEDOED AND SUNK BY HMS CONQUEROR/ 4 MAY - HMS SHEFFIELD HIT BY AN EXOCET MISSILE AND SUNK/ 14 MAY - SPECIAL FORCES RAID DESTROYS 11 AIRCRAFT ON PEBBLE ISLAND/ 21 MAY - 3 COMMANDO BRIGADE LANDINGS: BATTLE OF SAN CARLOS WATER BEGINS/ 21-25 MAY - HMS ARDENT, HMS ANTELOPE AND HMS COVENTRY BOMBED AND SUNK/ 25 MAY -SS ATLANTIC CONVEYOR SUNK B Y 2 EXOCETS. 10 HEICOPTERS DESTROYED/ 27 MAY - BATTLE OF GOOSE GREEN: LONG MARCH ACROSS EAST FALKLAND BEGINS/ 1 JUNE - 5 INFANTRY BRIGADE LANDINGS IN SAN CARLOS WATER/ 8 JUNE - RFA SIR GALAHAD AND RFA SIR TRISTRAM BOMBED NEAR FITZROY/ 11-12 JUNE - TWO SISTERS, MOUNT HARRIET AND MOUNT LONGDON TAKEN/ 12 JUNE - HMS GLAMORGAN HIT BY AN EXOCET MISSILE AND SEVERELY DAMAGED/ 13-14 JUNE - WIRELESS RIDGE, TUMBLEDOWN AND MOUNT WILLIAM TAKEN/ 14 JUNE: MARCH INTO STANLEY: ARGENTINE FORCES SURRENDER/ FALKLAND ISLANDS LIBERATED/ [Plaque]: HMS ANTELOPE/ THESE TWO PLOTS ARE A MEMORIAL/ TO THE MEN OF H.M.S. ANTELOPE,/ WHICH SANK IN SAN CARLOS WATER,/ FALKLAND ISLANDS, 23RD MAY 1982/ THE TWO TREES ARE DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF STEWARD/ MARK STEPHENS AND STAFF SERGEANT JIM PRESCOTT/ WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES ON THAT DAY.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Falklands Conflict (1982)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, manner of death, date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Garden
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Granite
  • Plinth
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brick
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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