Penal Company on the Falklands: A Memoir of the Parachute Regiment at War 1982

Chronicles the bravery of D Company, 2 PARA, under Lieutenant Colonel ‘H’ Jones during the Falklands War’s pivotal battles.

On 1 April 1982 the Argentinian junta invaded the Falkland Islands, while the 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment was on leave. Recalled to barracks, it joined the hastily assembled task force to recover the Islands. No parachutes – instead a journey of 8000 miles on a North Sea ferry to deliver the battalion into battle. Philip Neame commanded D Company, one of the ba...