A Falklands Family at War by Neville Bennett

A Falklands Family at War by Neville Bennett

Many military accounts of the British side of the Falklands War have been published as well as memoirs written by servicemen who took part, so this aspect of the story of the Argentine occupation and the British liberation of this remote territory in the South Atlantic is well known. But little attention has been paid to the Falkland islanders who had direct personal experience of this extraordinary crisis in their history. That is why the previously unpublished diaries of Neville Bennett and his wife Valerie, a fireman and a nurse who lived with their two daughters in Port Stanley throughout the war, is such vivid and revealing reading. As chief fireman Neville was frequently called out to deal with fires and other incidents during the occupation, and each day he recorded what happened and what he thought about it in his sharp and forthright way. Valerie saw a different side of the occupation through her work at the Stanley hospital where she had to handle the Argentines as well as daily accidents and emergencies. Their joint record of the exceptional circumstances in the Falklands in April, May and June 1982 gives us a fascinating inside view of family life during the occupation and of their relations with the Argentine soldiers and commanders. It is engrossing reading.

Neville Bennett was chief fireman in Port Stanley during the Falklands War. He was originally trained as a dental technician, and worked as a policeman, hospital clerk and government storekeeper on the islands. His wife Valerie Bennett, MBE worked as a nurse and midwife in the Port Stanley hospital during the war. They both kept detailed diaries recording their experiences during the Argentine occupation and then the liberation of the islands by British forces. Their daughter Rachel Simons has edited their diaries for publication.

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ISBN 13	9781399010276
ISBN 10	1399010271
Title	A Falklands Family at War
Author	Neville Bennett
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Year published	2022-10-06
Number of pages	240
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