Members of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment patrolling Port Stanley on foot, June 1982

Photograph, South Atlantic (Falklands War) (1982).

2 Para, veterans of the Battle of Goose Green and the attack on Wireless Ridge, led the way into Port Stanley closely followed by 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, 3 Para and 42 Commando Royal Marines. On 14 June 1982 the Argentine commander General Menendez surrendered.

The soldiers depicted were from 2 Para's Medium Machine Gun Platoon. They had been ordered into Stanley on 15-16 June to stop any unrest amongst Argentine troops following the surrender.