Falklands widow accepts Victoria Cross

Title

Falklands widow accepts Victoria Cross

Genre

Interview

TX Date

4 Nov 1982

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:00:53

Description

Dickie Arbiter interviews Sara Jones, the widow of Colonel Herbert Jones, at Buckingham Palace after she accepted her late husband’s Victoria Cross. Colonel Jones died leading troops of the 2nd Parachute Regiment in an attack on an Argentine machine-gun post at Goose Green during the Falklands conflict.

Contributors

Dickie Arbiter; Sara Jones

Keywords

Deaths; Awards; UK; Military medals; Falklands War (1982); Argentina; Falkland Islands; Soldiers; Wars (events); War widows; Widows; Herbert Jones; Sara Jones

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