The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War

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In Charlie Higson's second novel in The Enemy series, titled The Dead (2010), Bam tells Greg, "I grew up in the country, you see, always out yomping 'round the fields. Thirty years on, domestic and international opinion is more divided than ever about the purpose of the Falklands War.

The Yompers is the first account to be written by a company commander who fought in the Falklands War. The Yomper 225Y Rustler is similar to the Bergen but without the extended load bed and with the lift kit only optional. The story reached the London press on June 3rd, thirty long years ago, and introduced the world to both commando slang that has never ceased to reverberate, and a glimpse of the extraordinary qualities of men who included one Captain Ian Gardiner, CO of X Ray Company, 45 Commando. Yomping' was revealed by the journalist Charles Laurence in 1982 as the word which the Royal Marines used to describe carrying heavy loads long distances on foot.Looking for an off-road capable utility vehicle but concerned modern pickups are too big for your requirements? They were supposed to be transported by helicopters, but after the Atlantic Conveyor, which carried the helicopters, was sunk by Argentinian Exocet missiles on 25 May, the soldiers had to march across the island.

Ian Gardiner left the Royal Marines in 2001 in the rank of brigadier; his first book, In the Service of the Sultan: A First Hand Account of the Dhofar Insurgency was described by the late Professor Richard Holmes as ‘one of the best books about soldiering I have ever read’. Corporal Pete Robinson: After the Falklands conflict Corporal Pete Robinson met Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.Sign-up for the Parkers Vans and Pickups newsletter Someone is converting old Jimnys into commercial vehicles?