THE personal side of conflict in the Falklands 25 years will be revealed by participants in a series of talks at the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth – and a top-level conference.

Senior officers, naval experts and the official historian of the campaign, Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, will review the war.

Among the guests at the conference are former First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Alan West, CO of HMS Ardent which was sunk in ‘Bomb Alley’ in the 1982 war, and present First Sea Lord Admiral Sir Jonathon Band, who was the Flag Lieutenant to C-in-C Fleet 25 years ago, the hugely popular Admiral Fieldhouse.

A panorama of naval and Royal Marine actions in the conflict will be covered during the Saturday May 19 conference, which will be preceded the night before by a commemorative dinner aboard HMS Victory.

Details are available from Melanie Simpson at the RN Museum on 023 9272 7584 or mailto:Melanie.simpson@royalnavalmuseum.org

On a more personal level, numerous RN/RM veterans are giving free talks in the museum each Wednesday in May, beginning on May 2:

May 2 12.30pm Lt Cdr Robert Blake, HMS Hermes

May 9 12.30pm Rear Admiral John Lippiett, HMS Ambuscade

May 16 12.30pm Rear Admiral Chris Parry, HMS Antrim Wessex observer

May 23 12.30pm Julia Massey, Superintendent Nursing Officer of QARNNS with SS Uganda

May 30 12.30pm Graham Muir, aircraft artificer with RFA Fort Grange

May 30 1.30pm PO Ray Metcalfe and WO2 RSM Barrie Knight RM, HMS Fearless

Spaces are limited. Call 023 9272 7582 to reserve a place.