Orders, Decorations and Medals

South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (2460086 Gdsm P F Huchet WG) court mounted as worn, good very fine £600-700

Paul Huchet was born in Cardiff and joined the Welsh Guards in 1981. After initial training at the Guards Depot at Pirbright, Surrey, he joined the battalion at Elizabeth Barracks, also at Pirbright. He served in the Falklands and was aboard the Sir Galahad when it was bombed off Fitzroy and Bluff Cove on 8 June. He was fortunate to escape without injury unlike some 50 of his regiment who were killed and many more who were injured.

Paul Huchet can be seen on war footage of the Falklands at the memorial service after the major hostilities had ceased. His picture also appears in the Regimental magazine, guarding Argentinian prisoners aboard the S.S. Canberra - copy with Lot together with further biographical details provided by another member of the regiment.