CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
Mention in despatches London Gazette 11 October 1982. The original recommendation states:
‘On the night of 13-14 June 1982, on the Island of East Falkland, the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards attacked well entrenched enemy
positions on the craggy ridge feature of Tumbledown Mountain, seven kilometres to the west of Port Stanley.
During the assault Lance-Sergeant McGuinness was commanding the leading section of his company, when they came under accurate
sniper fire. Two men were wounded. With great coolness and without regard for his own safety, he moved amongst his men
encouraging and steadying them. He personally fired ten anti-tank rockets at the enemy. That done, he and his men successfully
overran the enemy position.
For his courageous action under fire and his outstanding leadership, Lance-Sergeant McGuinness is strongly recommended for Mention
in Despatches.’
Thomas McGuinness, who enlisted in the Scots Guards in November 1977, was serving as Section Commander of No. 13 Platoon, ‘G’
Company, Left Flank, during the attack on Tumbledown in May 1982, and as such was in the thick of the action, his section suffering
five casualties. In Palmer’s Above and Beyond, he is credited with being ‘personally responsible for destroying three Argentine sangars
during the three hours that ‘G’ Company were pinned down’, using anti-tank rockets as well as phosphorous grenades.
Later, in his own words, “We definitely took them by surprise and could see them dodging about, trying to get into cover. This allowed
the rest of the company to go forward; we could see them and kept moving our fire ahead of them”, thus enabling Major John Kiszely
to lead 14 and 15 Platoons on to their final objective. Here, again, McGuinness lent valuable support:
‘When the salvo came 14 Platoon charged the enemy positions with 15 Platoon to the rear. 13 Platoon fired 66mm. rockets, once again
Lance-Sergeant McGuinness aiming them by eye, machine-guns and rifles on to the Argentine positions, suppressing their fire and
confusing them enough to allow other Platoons to reach the enemy. 14 and 15 Platoons used rifles, grenades and bayonets to clear the
position.’
See following lot his brother’s South Atlantic Medal.
1249
SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (24539709 Gdsm. J. McGuinness, SG), good very fine £600-800
Joseph McGuinness was born in Scotland in January 1964 and enlisted in the Scots Guards in May 1980, aged 18 years. During the
attack on Mount Tumbledown, he served in No. 2 Platoon, Right Flank Company, 2nd Battalion, under Lieutenant Mark Mathewson.
He qualified as a sniper and was advanced to Lance-Corporal in November 1983 prior to his discharge in 1985; sold with copied
service record. See previous lot for his brother’s awards.
1250
Pair: Acting Leading Steward T. J. Perry, Royal Navy
SOUTH ATLANTIC 1982, with rosette (Std. D177167F, H.M.S. Hermes); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (A. L. Std. D177167F,
R.N.), mounted as worn, good very fine and better (2) £500-600
In company with H.M.S. Invincible, the 28,000-ton aircraft carrier Hermes, commanded by Captain L. E. Middleton, D.S.O., shared in
the provision of almost all the air power of the campaign, her operational capacity amounting to 15 Sea Harriers and six Harrier GR3s,
in addition to assorted helicopter types. She was the flagship of Rear-Admiral “Sandy” Woodward.
1251
Pair: Gunner T. Collier, Royal Artillery
GULF 1990-91, 1 clasp, 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991 (24822605 Gnr. T. M. Collier, RA); U.N. MEDAL, UNFICYP ribbon,
unnamed, first with edge bruise, good very fine (2) £180-220
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