Gavin Hamilton

Captain Gavin John Hamilton, MC (15 May 1953 – 10 June 1982) was a British Army infantry soldier. He was the Officer Commanding 19 (Mountain) Troop, D Squadron, 22 Special Air Service during the Falklands War when he was killed in action behind enemy lines on West Falkland. Military career After graduating from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, Hamilton was commissioned as a subaltern with the Green Howards with the Service No.499793 in 1975, and served with the British Army in Cyprus, Belize, and South Armagh in Northern Ireland during Operation Banner. He was transferred into the Special Air Service in 1981, being attached initially to its D Squadron, 19 (Mountain) Troop. Falklands War South Georgia and Pebble Island Having survived two helicopter crashes in adverse weather conditions on the Fortuna Glacier in South Georgia during Operation Paraquet, two days later Hamilton led the advance elements of the forces which captured the main Argentine positions in Grytviken. This action resulted in the surrender of Argentinian garrison occupying South Georgia. Shortly afterwards he led the Raid on Pebble Island, which resulted in the destruction of eleven FMA IA 58 Pucará and T-34 Mentor Argentinian aircraft on the ground.