Lieutenant Colonel Ewen Southby-Tailyour - a key planner behind Britain s victory in the 1982 Falklands War - said Grant Shapps s request was highly alarming .
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For decades, Colonel Guy Sayle was blamed for putting troops on board the Sir Galahad at risk as he refused to disembark over fears his men would be dropped without kit during the Falklands War.