Jeremy Moore

Major-General Sir John Jeremy Moore, (5 July 1928 – 15 September 2007) was a British senior Royal Marines officer who served as the commander of the British land forces during the Falklands War in 1982. Moore received the surrender of the Argentine forces on the islands.

Family background Moore came from a military family. His father, Lieutenant Colonel Charles Moore, and paternal grandfather, who joined the York and Lancaster Regiment as a private, were both awarded the Military Cross in 1916 during the First World War. His maternal grandfather was wounded at Tel el-Kebir in 1880, and later commanded the 4th Hussars.

Education Moore was educated at Brambletye School in East Grinstead in Sussex and at Cheltenham College. He intended to join the Fleet Air Arm after leaving school, but was discouraged by relatively poor exam results. Moore implemented the plans proposed by Thompson, with the British soldiers and marines forced to march across the arduous terrain of East Falkland island in the absence of sufficient helicopters, and assault and overcome Argentine resistance outside Port Stanley. He accepted the surrender of the Argentine commander, General de Brigada Mario Menéndez, in Port Stanley on 15 June 1982.

Moore was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 11 October 1982 "in recognition of service within the operations in the South Atlantic", and left the Marines in 1983. He became Director General of the Food Manufacturers Federation, but left 18 months later. Later in life, he raised money for research into liver diseases after having a liver transplant. He was Colonel Commandant of the Royal Marines from 1990 to 1993, and joined the parade to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Falklands War at Horse Guards Parade and the Mall on 17 June 2007.

Family Moore married his wife, Veryan, in 1966. They had two daughters and a son. In later years, he suffered from arthritis and prostate cancer. Moore died on 15 September 2007, aged 79, survived by his wife and three children.