§ Jane GriffithsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel who served in the Falklands conflict originated from Northern Ireland; and in which(a) regiments and (b) other parts of the services they served. [104394]
§ Mr. SpellarThe Ministry of Defence does not hold a centrally collated record of the origins of servicemen and their individual deployments that contains the information requested for all three Services. Full details could be provided only at disproportionate cost, following detailed examination of individual records.
However I can advise that available data show that some 95 Army and 29 RAF individuals who served in the Falklands operations are recorded as having originated from Northern Ireland and I will write with further details concerning regiments and units in which they served.