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ACC ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER
The ACC Fitzroy Fallen
‘We Will Remember Them’
Lance Corporal Barry C. Bullers ACC
Private Albert M. Connett ACC
Private Michael L. Jones ACC
Private Richard W. Middlewick ACC
On the eve of the 39th Anniversary of the Battle
for the Falkland Islands, Captain Phill Dorsett
RLC who joined the Army in 1991 as an Army
Catering Corps Apprentice spearheaded a poign-
ant memorial service to remember the four Army
Catering Corps chefs who tragically lost their
lives on board the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Sir
Galahad at Fitzroy Bay. Lance Corporal Barry C.
Bullers. Private Albert M. Connett. Private Michael The ACC plaque and conducted the service in bitter South Atlantic con-
wreath laid to
L. Jones and Private Richard W. Middlewick were ditions. The service was particularly special because
commemorate the four
all ACC chefs serving on board the RFA Sir the current Roulement Infantry Company in
chefs who lost their
Galahad, sadly they never returned. lives while serving on RFA Mount Pleasant Complex happens to be from the
RFA Sir Galahad was one of the most hard- Sir Galahad, May 1982 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. Officer Commanding
working and versatile RFA Landing Ship Logistics Major Guy Charles-Jones, 1st Battalion Welsh
that formed part of the British Task Force. On the Guards attended the service along with several
21 May 1982, RFA Sir Galahad with other vessels of his Guardsmen. Also in attendance and led by
was anchored in San Carlos Bay where she came Sgt Chris Evans RLC were several serving Army
under heavy and sustained enemy air attack. On the and RAF caterers. The ACC plaque and wreath
8 June having left St Carlos Bay and anchored off were laid by the youngest RLC chef and Guardsman
Fitzroy Settlement RFA Sir Galahad came under in attendance.
further aircraft attack. The resulting explosions After the service, Captain Phill Dorsett
caused devastating fire and the ship was abandoned. recalled his own days as an Army Catering Corps
Of her mixed Merchant and Royal Navy crew and chef before the ACC were amalgamated into the
troops, 50 men were lost and many more wounded. Royal Logistic Corps in 1993. The congregation
The intimate service was held on Monday were encouraged to reflect on the sacrifice given
24 May at the Welsh Guards Memorial, Fitzroy by those young men who lost their lives during the
Settlement; the very spot where the RFA Sir Falklands conflict.
Galahad was tragically struck. The Rev. Jesse Holland Stand Down Chefs, your duty is over.
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