205 Signal Squadron
Country United Kingdom
Allegiance British Army
BranchRoyal Corps of Signals
EngagementsFalklands War
Aerial view of the memorial site, Pleasant Peak, Falkland Islands

205 Signal Squadron was a unit of the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army. After two of their members were killed in an Army Air Corps Gazelle helicopter due to a friendly fire incident with HMS Cardiff during the Falklands War,[1] the numbers "205" were painted at the crash site as a memorial.

References

  1. "Stanley, Mount Kent, Mount Longdon, Top Malo House in Falkland Area Operations - Falklands War 1982". www.naval-history.net. Archived from the original on 11 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-05.
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