Kindle Notes & Highlights
Both of us were happy to have grabbed a couple of hours of peace with our families. Sarah arranged for our children, Lucy (5), Sophie (4) and James (2) to go to a friend while we sat quietly under a holm-oak tree in the garden nursing our thoughts.
The Clapp kids
‘excellent little force’ with two carriers, one assault ship, one luxury liner, a number of troop ships and with an augmented Royal Marines Commando Brigade embarked. I was still not clear how I was to be allowed to use Hermes and Invincible and whether or not they were expected to operate in the commando-ship role.
Initial command.
Initially my carrier and amphibious force, at sea, consisted of the following: HMS Fearless COMAW and staff HQ 3 Cdo Bde and Signals Sqn Two Troops The Blues and Royals HMS Hermes One company 40 Commando HMS Invincible HMSs Alacrity and Antelope RFAs Sirs Geraint, Galahad, Percivale and Lancelot
More detail of initial force.
As a fixed-wing aviator
Fixed wing aviator
As an ex-Buccaneer Squadron Commanding Officer
Buccaneer Squadron co
San Carlos. Certainly from my naval biased view there was really no alternative on East Falkland.
San Carlos picked
we did not want to get involved with a southern flank. Although
No southern flank.
I had served in Korea as a midshipman. My Snottie’s nurse, Lieutenant Commander A. M. Power, wrote on my report that I had acquired considerable wartime experience
Korean War experience
My forebears have lived in Devon for centuries
Devon family background
The first meeting of the new teams took place during 30 May in the San Carlos Settlement cowshed. This gathering was to become the subject of a rather awkward painting which hangs in the Royal Marines’ Commando
Painting of Michael Clapp
Brigade was committed to a series of moves that could not be stopped half way and which required the heavy use of air transport. This forced the energetic Wilson to take, or allow to be taken, a series of hasty decisions that culminated in my having to get them out of a jam into which they quite willingly seemed to walk, or fly.
Wilson's ambition
I was not convinced that was the right way to go about things. I did not like it one bit and demurred.
Clapp not in favour of sea move to Bluff Cove.
As soon as first-light move of
If there was to be a particularly significant day in the planning for the final phases of the ground war then it is probably the 3rd June.
Sig. Dqy
I boxed for my public school and narrowly avoided boxing for the Royal Navy.
Boxing career
