Geoffrey Cardozo

Geoffrey Cardozo CBE (born 3 March 1950) is a former British Army Colonel, known for helping to identify the human remains of Argentine soldiers in the Argentine Military Cemetery in the Falkland Islands. A number of the Argentine dead had graves marked "Argentine soldier only known to God" after the Falklands War due to the refusal of the Argentine government to assist in their identification. In the Army, he belonged to the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards.

In November 2020, he was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize along with Julio Aro, the Argentine Falklands War veteran who joined efforts with Cardozo in the DNA identification of remains in the Cemetery.

He is the son of Frederick Cardozo, a British Soldier and SOE veteran. He also was Secretary of Veterans Aid. arrived to the Falklands after the war to provide support and to check on the morale of service personnel. As military engineers cleared the island of landmines, bodies were usually found.

Then, Cardozo was officially charged with the task of locating and burying the remains of Argentine soldiers dispersed in the island, and the creation of a cemetery (in land donated by Brooke Hardcastle, a farmer). The tasks started in January 1983. For the 122 he could not identify, Cardozo took the decision to carefully bury them, including personal items he would find, in the idea that his work could someday help in identifying the Argentines.

Honors In 1984, Cardozo was appointed Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2009, he was awarded a Mention of Honor by the Senate of Argentina.