Orders, Decorations and Medals

A rare Northern Ireland, South Atlantic pair awarded to Sergeant D.J. Armour, Royal Marines, one of the original defenders of Port Stanley when the Falkland Islands were invaded on 2 April 1982

CAMPAIGN SERVICE 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (Cpl., P0 33754R, R.M.); SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (Cpl., P0 33754R, R.M.) mounted as worn, very fine and rare (2)

Sold with copy discharge certificate, dated 21 November 1986, which gives the following testimonial: ‘Sergeant Armour has given good and loyal service to the Corps and in particular the way in which he conducted himself as one of the original R.M. Detachment on the Falkland Islands at the time of Argentinian Invasion, was exemplary. He is a cheerful energetic man who will be missed.’

Sergeant D.J. 'Lou' Armour was serving as a Corporal in the Falklands when the Islands were invaded on 2 April 1982. Naval Party 8901 at this time comprised just 42 men. He was captured, sent back to Britain and, with the rest of his comrades, returned to the South Atlantic to join up with the Task Force. His personal story of the invasion, his capture and his return to the Falklands, is told in ‘Speaking Out- Untold stories from the Fa/klands War’ by M. Bilton and P. Kosminsky, a copy of which accompanies the pair.