Rescue at Bluff Cove Falklands 1982 Signed by John Nott & Lord Carrington  

5 Apr 02  Reading  20^th Anniversary  The Falklands Conflict & 2 May 2002 20^th Anniversary General  Belgrand Sinking by HMS Conqueror Special Postmark.  Rescue at Bluff Cove Falklands 1982

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Rt Hon Sir John Nott   He was a senior politician of the late 1970s and early 1980s, playing a prominent role as Secretary of State for Defence during the 1982 Invasion of the Falkland Islands and subsequent Falklands War.

The Rt Hon Lord Carrington KG,GCMG,CH,MC,PC  was Foreign Secretary in 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. He took full responsibility for the failure to foresee this and resigned. 

Ttrained at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Carrington was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards as a second lieutenant on 26 January 1939 He served with the regiment during the Second World War, promoted to lieutenant on 1 January 1941, and later temporary captain and acting major. Captain Lord Carrington played a key role as a tank commander during Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands in 1944,  he led the first group of four Sherman tanks to reach the other side of the Nijmegen railway bridge across the Waal River. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 1 March 1945 "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in North West Europe. Details enclosed. Certified Copy number 221 of 350  

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