Chitchat What were you doing in 1982 during Falklands War/HongKongers were burnt to d
 

An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

8 Chinese from Hong Kong are amongst the hundreds killed on the side of the British in the 1982 Falklands war.

They were members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary serving on board British Royal Navy warships sent to liberate the Falkland Islands. Their ships were attacked by aircraft from Argentina, effectively using the French made Exocet missiles to great effect on the Royal Navy.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine...820517_400.jpg

The names of the HK Chinese are :

https://web.archive.org/web/20090321...afetcroll.html

RFA Sir Tristram
YU SIK CHEE
YEUNG SWI KAMI

RFA Sir Galahad
LEUNG CHAU
SUNG YUK FAI

Atlantic Conveyor
NG POR
CHAN CHI SING

HMS Sheffield
LAI CHI KEUNG

HMS Coventry
KYE BEN KWO


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