Jeremy Moore

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Telegram signed by Moore on the surrender to the Falklands War

Major General Sir John Jeremy Moore KCB , OBE , MC & Medal bar (born July 5, 1928 in Lichfield , † September 15, 2007 in London ) was a British officer. He was Commander-in-Chief of the British Land Forces in the Falklands War in 1982 and accepted the surrender of the Argentine forces after the British victory.

Military career

Moore comes from a family of military men. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Moore, and his paternal grandfather were privates to the York and Lancaster Regiment . Both were bearers of the Military Cross . His maternal grandfather participated in the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir in 1880 and later commanded the 4th Queen's Own Hussars .

education

Moore was educated at Brambletye School in East Grinstead and Cheltenham College . He then applied to the Fleet Air Arm and in 1947 joined the Royal Marines , with whom he took part in battles in the Malay jungle and was awarded the Military Cross for bravery.

Between 1963 and 1964 he received further training at the Australian Army Staff College and then served in the 17th Gurkha Division in Borneo in 1965.

Career

Moore served 1954 in Deal , Kent , was an instructor from 1957 to 1959 and then served in Cyprus and as an instructor at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst until 1962. He then took his service in Brunei with the 42nd Commando of the Royal Marines . There he took part in fighting against rebels in 1962 and freed British and Australian hostages. For this achievement he received a clasp to the Military Cross.

From 1966 to 1968 he served as Assistant Secretary to the Chiefs of Staff Committees. From 1968 to 1969 he was then on the HMS Bulwark as an officer for amphibious operations.

He then served in Northern Ireland and took part in actions against the IRA . In 1973 he was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire .

Moore studied at the Royal College of Defense Studies in 1976 . In 1979 he was made Major General and Commander of the Royal Marine Commandos.

In 1982, he was appointed commander of the British forces that were supposed to retake the Falkland Islands from Argentina . After operational meetings at the British Forces Headquarters in Northwood , he flew to the theater of war. There he carried out the plan to land the British troops not in Port Stanley , but on the west coast of East Falkland, in order to then fight their way across the island towards Port Stanley. On June 14, 1982, he was able to receive the surrender of General de Brigada Mario Menéndez in Port Stanley and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in 1982. In 1983, Moore left the Marines after 36 years of service and retired.

family

He married his wife Veryan in 1966, who survived him and with whom he has two daughters and a son.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Obituary: Major-General Sir Jeremy Moore Daily Telegraph, September 18, 2007
  2. ^ Max Hastings and Simon Jenkins: The Battle for the Falklands . Pan, 1983, ISBN 0-330-35284-9 , p. 307.
personal data
SURNAME Moore, Jeremy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British officer
DATE OF BIRTH July 5, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Lichfield
DATE OF DEATH September 15, 2007
Place of death London