“He was only 17 — but on #MountLongdon, #Private #JasonBurt went into battle with the #ParachuteRegiment 🦅🇬🇧 when many boys his age were still at school.” 🪖 Jason Stuart Burt was born on 28th July 1964 & grew up in #Walthamstow, London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿. After leaving school at just 16, he joined the #BritishArmy and became a member of B Company, #3rdBattalion, The Parachute Regiment (#3PARA). He had completed his training less than four months before the #FalklandsWar 🇫🇰 began. For a teenager who had only recently completed his training, the journey to the #SouthAtlantic was an extraordinary one. 3 PARA sailed for the #Falklands aboard #SSCanberra on 8th April 1982. Jason was one of several 17-year-old soldiers in the battalion. He was also one of the British #Jewish ✡️ soldiers who served during the campaign. The harsh conditions tested the young paratroopers long before they reached Mount Longdon. During the gruelling marches across the Falklands, Jason developed trench foot. Yet according to the #Airborne Assault Museum's account, he concealed the condition from the battalion medical officer on the eve of the battle and took his place on the start line. Then came the night of 11–12 June. The Battle of Mount Longdon would become one of the fiercest actions of the Falklands campaign. British paratroopers 🦅 faced heavily defended #Argentine 🇦🇷 positions on the ridge west of #PortStanley, fighting through darkness, difficult terrain, & intense enemy fire. During the advance, Jason's platoon corporal, #BrianMilne, stepped on a mine. The planned silent approach had been shattered. Under fire, Jason was among the first to reach Milne and administer first aid. Later, Jason became involved in the desperate fighting around an Argentine machine-gun position. He was with #Sergeant #IanMcKay's group during an attempt to attack the position. McKay would later be awarded the #VictoriaCross #posthumously for his actions that night. Importantly, the detailed account preserved by the Airborne Assault Museum records that Jason survived that initial assault without being wounded. The battle continued. In a subsequent attack involving men from 4 and 5 Platoons, Jason answered Sergeant Des Fuller's order for the group to charge. During the assault, he stumbled, regained his footing, and continued forward. He was then struck by a .50-calibre machine-gun round. At the same time, his friends #NeilGrose and #IanScrivens were also hit. #JasonBurt was killed in the early hours of 12th June 1982, aged just 17. He was only weeks away from his eighteenth birthday. The battle cost 3 PARA #17men, and Jason was among the youngest. His story is particularly poignant because of how young he was. He had joined the Army straight from school, trained as a paratrooper, and crossed the world to fight for Britain. There was no long military career behind him, no decades of service to recount — only a remarkably short journey from schoolboy to airborne soldier. Jason was later buried at #Aldershot #MilitaryCemetery in Hampshire, alongside comrades from the conflict. He was awarded the #SouthAtlantic #Medal with Rosette for his service in the Falklands.🎖️ Today, remembering Jason means remembering not only the soldier he became, but the seventeen-year-old boy who never had the chance to discover the man he might have grown into. 🇬🇧 Forever Remembered — Private Jason Stuart Burt, 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment. Killed in action at Mount Longdon, Falkland Islands, on 12 June 1982, aged just 17. A young paratrooper who crossed the Atlantic to serve his country and never came home. His name remains among those who gave everything in the Falklands. 🕊️ 📸 Photographs: Private Jason Burt in his 3 PARA uniform, photographs of the Parachute Regiment during the Falklands campaign, and memorial images connected with Jason and his fallen comrades at Mount Longdon and Aldershot Military Cemetery. #BritishArmy #ukmilitary #Warrior #LestWeForget #UltimateSacrifice