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Falklands War: partly released documents on Welsh Guard losses trigger more controversy

Sir Galahad survivor Simon Weston: Veterans want a full and final answer on who is to blame for the huge loss of British lives BBC is reporting that declassified documents, --to be kept secret until 2065--, have cleared an army regiment of any blame in the biggest loss of British life during the Falklands War. Forty-eight crew were killed when the Sir Galahad, an unarmed and undefended supply ship carrying British troops to the Falklands, was hit by the Argentine air force bombs on 8 June 1982, six days before the end of the conflict.—

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