Falklands : Falklands RAF Movers Remember the Fallen
Submitted by Falkland Islands News Network (Juanita Brock) 21.03.2010 (Article Archived on 04.04.2010)
On a blustery 10 Feb 10, 8000 miles from home, 9 members of the Air Movements Flight, British Forces South Atlantic Islands, travelled to the capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, to pay respect to two Royal Marines killed in action during the 1982 conflict, Sgt Roger Enefer & Sgt Bob Leeming.
RAF MOVERS REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Article written by SAC Adam Bezance.
On a blustery 10 Feb 10, 8000 miles from home, 9 members of the Air Movements Flight, British Forces South Atlantic Islands, travelled to the capital of the Falkland Islands, Port Stanley, to pay respect to two Royal Marines killed in action during the 1982 conflict, Sgt Roger Enefer & Sgt Bob Leeming.
The two Royal Marines served with Cpl Tony Curnow, from Teesside, in 42 Commando Royal Marines before the conflict. Sgt Enefer sadly lost his life on 27 May 82 when positions at the port of San Carlos were hit by an Argentine bombing attack. Sgt Leeming was tragically killed on 11 Jun 82 when his reconnaissance patrol was mistaken for the enemy; he and two other members of the patrol were killed in the fire fight.
SAC John Robinson of Eaglescliffe, detached from RAF Brize Norton to British Forces South Atlantic Islands was on a 4 month deployment from Nov 09 to Mar 10. As a close friend of Tony Curnow, SAC Robinson was asked to lay the commemorative wreath at one of the many
memorials placed across the islands. The memorial which was chosen was the Liberation Monument which is dedicated to the 258 British personnel who died in 1982. Unveiled on 14 Jun 84, it is used every year on Liberation Day to celebrate the liberation of the Islands.
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