During the Battle of Falkland Sound on the 21 May 1982 HMS Ardent was lost in action and 22 of the 199 crew were left behind.

We will always remember them.

  • AB(S Derek Armstrong

    AB(S) Derek Armstrong

  • Lt Cdr Richard Banfield

    Lt Cdr Richard Banfield

  • AB(S) Andrew Barr

    AB(S) Andrew Barr

  • POAEM(M) Peter Brouard

    POAEM(M) Peter Brouard

  • CK Richard Dunkerley

    CK Richard Dunkerley

  • ALCK Mick Foote

    ALCK Mick Foote

  • MEM(M)2 Stephen Ford

    MEM(M)2 Stephen Ford

  • ASTD Shaun Hanson

    ASTD Shaun Hanson

  • AB(S) Sean Hayward

    AB(S) Sean Hayward

  • AB(EW) Stephen Heyes

    AB(EW) Stephen Heyes

  • WEM(R)1 Simon Lawson

    WEM(R)1 Simon Lawson

  • MEM(M)2 Alistair Leighton

    MEM(M)2 Alistair Leighton

  • AEM(N)1 Allan McAulay

    AEM(N)1 Allan McAulay

  • ALS(R) Mick Mullen

    ALS(R) Mick Mullen

  • LT Brian Murphy

    LT Brian Murphy

  • LPT Gary Nelson

    LPT Gary Nelson

  • APOWEM(R) Andrew Palmer

    APOWEM(R) Andrew Palmer

  • CK John Roberts

    CK John Roberts

  • LT CDR John Sephton DSC (posthumous)

    LT CDR John Sephton DSC (posthumous)

  • ALMEM(M) Stephen White

    ALMEM(M) Stephen White

  • LMEM(L) Garry Whitford

    LMEM(L) Garry Whitford

  • MEM(M)1 Gilbert Williams

    MEM(M)1 Gilbert Williams

 

 

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning

We will remember them.

HMS Ardent Anchor Memorial

Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Gloucester led the dedication ceremony for the HMS Ardent Association Anchor Memorial located in the grounds of the National Memorial Arboretum on the 21 May 2015, the 33rd anniversary of the sinking of HMS Ardent in Falkland Sound.

National Memorial Arboretum