ON A fine late spring evening a Royal Marines Commando casts a wreath into the English Channel as his shipmates stand rigidly to attention on HMS Bulwark in memory of past sacrifices.
Twenty-nine years to the day earlier, forebears from Bulwark’s predecessor HMS Fearless were killed in the later stages of the Falklands conflict.
Six men were lost when landing craft Foxtrot 4 from Fearless’ Royal Marines unit 4 Assault Squadron was attacked by Argentine aircraft in Choiseul Sound on June 8 1982.
