Centrespread 1982
At 2100 hours on June 14, 1982, following the breach of the natural defensive line at Mount Tumbledown, General Mario Menendez, commander of the Stanley Garrison surrendered to Major General Jeremy Moore. Under the terms of this surrender all Argentine personnel in the Falklands were “to muster at assembly points nominated by General Moore, and hand over all their arms, ammunition, and all other weapons and war-like equipment as directed by General Moore or appropriate British officers acting on his behalf”, and so began the end of hostilities and the mass reorganisation of bodies and kit.
Photograph from the Fleet Photographic Unit Collection, HMS Excellent, reproduced by kind permission of the Imperial War Museum. The surrender document itself is available to view at the Imperial War Museum in London
Commer lorries and their innovative pre-selector gearboxes were a hit with World War One troops
The Company of Commercial Cars Ltd (or Commer as it is more commonly known) was formed in September 1905 with the objective of building a commercial vehicle that would be easy to drive and therefore have greater appeal to businesses making the transition from horse to horsepower.
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