Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has visited the Royal Armouries Museum at Fort Nelson to see the attraction’s memorial to British casualties from the Falklands war.
The Standing With Giants exhibition is made up of 258 life-size representations of service personnel and the three civilians who died in the 1982 conflict.
British forces recaptured the islanders following an invasion by Argentina.
The figures are sited around the ramparts of the Fort and on the parade ground. The exhibition runs until July 9th.
Flick met up with Nigel Hosier, the head of operations at the charitable body that receives government and National Lottery Heritage funding along with donations from the public. This means the museum is free to enter.
“It was very moving to visit the museum and see this exhibition about a conflict that impacted our area greatly 41 years ago as much of the taskforce sailed from Portsmouth,” Flick said.
“It is also a fitting tribute to the men and women civilians who died during the short but bloody conflict to regain the islands from an illegal invasion.
“I have been to the Falklands and seen the battle sites and cemeteries and it is important we remember this sacrifice for many more years.”
Flick also toured the museum and saw a 15th century Ottoman siege gun which is one of the oldest examples of its kind in existence.
Also part of the displays is Saddam Hussein’s ‘supergun’ he tried to assemble in the lead up to the first Gulf War.
Fort Nelson traces the history of artillery all the way back to its inception and has a huge collection of weapons and related items.
