HPower Group were contracted by the Royal British Legion to support them in their delivery of the national commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. More than 3000 serving and ex-military personnel attended the event which took place at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Hosted by Sir Max Hastings, the event featured a live link up with the Falkland Islands for the two-minute silence, as well as a fly past and an address from Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
HPower have a seven-year history of working with the Royal British Legion on various commemorative events such as the D-Day Anniversaries, the 90th Anniversary of the Great Pilgrimage in Ypres, and the celebration of the role of women at war, Victory Europe Day and Victory Japan Day. Every year HPower are the appointed Royal British Legion event delivery company for the events held in London at The Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday.
For the Falklands 40 Commemoration, HPower delivered infrastructure, sound, power, AV, and managed the live streaming of the whole event including a link up with the two-minute silence being held at Stanley in the Falkland Islands.