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Herbert "H" Jones
History of Great Britain
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| | 1982 | Battle of Goose Green | |
| 27th May Goose Green Commands the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, the Battalion is ordered to attack enemy positions in and around the settlements of Darwin and Goose Green |
| 27th May Goose Green Darwin and Goose Green are liberated, and the Battalion releases the local inhabitants unharmed and forced the surrender of some 1,200 of the enemy |
| 27th May Goose Green Killed in battle, posthumously awarded the VC |
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