Packes Ridge[1] North of Port Howard, West Falkland
Result
Argentine victory
Belligerents
United Kingdom
Argentina
Commanders and leaders
Cap. Gavin Hamilton †
Lt. José Martiniano Duarte
Units involved
Special Air Service
601 Commando Company
Strength
4 SAS troopers (2 engaged)
4 commandos
Casualties and losses
1 killed 1 captured
none
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t
e
Falklands War
Operation Rosario
South Georgia
Occupation
Operation Corporate
Paraquet
Black Buck
Santa Fe
Belgrano
Sobral
Sheffield
Pebble Island
Mikado
Sutton
San Carlos
Ardent
Seal Cove
Antelope
Atlantic Conveyor
Coventry
Goose Green
Mount Kent
Top Malo House
Bluff Cove
Many Branch Point
Mount Harriet
Two Sisters
Glamorgan
Sir Galahad
Mount Longdon
Wireless Ridge
Mount Tumbledown
Port Stanley
Thule & South Sandwich Islands
On 10 June 1982, in the closing days of the Falklands War, Many Branch Point, a ridge near Port Howard in West Falkland, was the site of a minor skirmish between the Argentine and British Armed Forces. The engagement ended with the death of the SAS patrol commander, Captain Gavin Hamilton. The action was the only ground engagement of the British and Argentine forces on West Falkland during the conflict.
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