Hew Pike

thumb| Lieutenant-General Sir Hew William Royston Pike, KCB, DSO, MBE (born 24 April 1943) is a retired senior British Army officer known for his service in the Falklands War and for his command in Northern Ireland. Quotes With their bayonets on their rifles, these young soldiers, looking grim and determined, moving forward through the thick mist of dawn—it is a sight I shall never forget. A lot of the enemy were killed with those bayonets. Recalling the sight of his battalion, 3 Para, advancing at dawn on 12 June 1982 after storming some Argentine positions on Mount Longdon. Quoted in Paul Eddy, Magnus Linklater and Peter Gillman, War in the Falklands: The Full Story (New York: Harper & Row, 1982), ch. 21, p. 251 External links Category:1943 births Category:Living people Category:Military leaders from the United Kingdom Category:People of the Falklands War