The nation remembered the Falklands Conflict today as hundreds of veterans from the campaign came together to mark its 25th anniversary.

 

Old servicemen who fought to liberate the South Atlantic islands from Argentina commemorated fallen comrades and the achievements of British troops during a major televised event.

 

The sights, sounds and emotions of the campaign were evoked during the hour-long spectacle which featured the recollections of veterans and their families and began with a ’muster’ of servicemen.

 

Hundreds of spectators filled stands lining Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall and applauded as each contingent of Falklands veterans - Navy, RAF, Army and Royal Marines - and their modern day equivalents marched into the square.

 

With all the soldiers killed on both sides was this war not avoidable?

 

It is a celebration of the lives of those who died it is not a glamourising of the conflict