The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War

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The Yompers is a good, very amusing, first-hand account of the practical difficulties the Commandos had to endure, and overcome, in their arduous campaign in the Falklands. Book of the month. Britain at War We also reunited the heroes with commando photographer Pete Holdgate who took the iconic picture on June 14, 1982, the day ­Argentina surrendered. Robin Bacon Chief of Staff, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, said: “We are excited, delighted and proud to be staging the Cateran Yomp in 2017, the seventh year of this arduous but tremendously uplifting team challenge across the magnificent landscape of Perthshire and Angus.” Carrying ability is what the Commercial model is all about, so Yomper builds its own high-capacity load bed from folded aluminium profiles.

The iconic image of the "Yomper" shows Royal Marines heading to Stanley at the end of the Falklands War in June 1982. I found this particularly interesting. First, because it is about the 45 Royal Marines who are based near the town where I grew up. Secondly it is about an action to recover the Falklands Islands which I remember and which I read about in the series of "I was there" books published soon afterwards. Company number: 1394141; Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; This week The Sun brought six of them together on Dartmoor, Devon, where they met again for the first time in 40 years.A factual detailed account all the big issues and minutiae involved in going to war. The author is positive throughout and graciously avoids criticism via retrospective wisdom. Name of Captain Nemo's submarine in Jules Verne's adventure novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island Entries have opened for Scotland’s largest outdoors endurance walking event, the Cateran Yomp in Perthshire and Angus. Any supposedly similar vehicle that does not provide a Yomper's level of testing (IVA) and supporting documentation (V5c showing accurate vehicle construction and type data) or component standards E marking or other necessary standards approvals, (Tyres, wheels, lights etc ) should not be used on the public highway and has the potential for null and void insurance cover and MOT refusal.

John Davies, 62, has the photo on the wall at his home in Evesham, Worcs — next to his green beret. Everything we produce is built around the needs of our customers. Whether you’re looking at a Yomper from our standard range, a custom vehicle conversion or a bespoke industrial machine, we are able to manufacture products exactly to your specifications. Off-road performance clearly can’t match the original shorter-chassis vehicle, but he says the difference is marginal. Marine Colin Adams: ULSTER veteran Colin was selected for the SBS but was medically discharged in 1999. Suffering from PTSD, he worked as a diving instructor in Australia and met Argentine veterans in 2019. He is now married to Sally. The image was used as the inspiration for a statue of Royal Marine Commando that was unveiled by Margaret Thatcher at the Royal Marines Museum in Southsea, Portsmouth on 8 July 1992 to mark the 10th anniversary of the conflict. [6] In popular culture [ edit ] In games [ edit ]Yomping” was the word Commandos used for carrying heavy loads on long marches. It caught the public’s imagination during this short but bitter campaign and epitomized the grim determination and professionalism of our troops… Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; Insa Turbo Dakar Mud Terrains are the rubber of choice, offering a decent balance between mud plugging ability and road handling. All wars are started and finished by politicians. This one was no different, and it was started by gross British political failure, a failure of deterrence’.

Six marines were seen on a yomp across the Falklands on the day Argentina surrendered Credit: Pete Holdgate Handy for extra carrying capacity, no doubt. But we suspect this might also improve the Jimny’s on-road driving behaviour – the most recent Jimny Light Commercial Vehicle is rather skittish at speed, to say the least. What age of Jimny are Yompers based on?We are Samson Engineering Limited an established engineering company based in Elland West Yorkshire U.K. Virgin Games, Inc. published a computer game called Yomp (1983) shortly after the Falklands conflict. [7] Another remarkable book from the Brigadier. Not only for its content but remarkable in that it was written thirty years later yet feels like a missive from a young company commander. It’s an engaging account of his experience as a company commander of Royal Marines from April through July 1982 during the Falklands Campaign. Thanks to the centre of the bed being positioned over the rear axle, it also manages to haul heavier payloads without unbalancing the vehicle.

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity supports soldiers, veterans and their families in times of need in areas such as education, housing, employment and well-being to facilitate a stable future for soldiers and their families. Ian, whose book book The Yompers was published in February, will describe the little known but highly successful action. The Journal (Newcastle)

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Higher lift and bigger flotation tyres can be fitted if the customer desires, but Mr Walker advises against going too extreme as it ruins the road handling. The flag for our 2022 photo is a bit bigger than the one in 1982 because no one knows where the original went. The yompers hope a Sun reader may solve the mystery. You can pretty much guess the outline of the rest; Ascension island, the South Atlantic, San Carlos, Bomb Alley, the famous yomp, the appalling conditions, the battle for Two Sisters Mountain, the surrender, Port Stanley and home.