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Tony served for 23 years in the Royal Navy as a weapons systems engineer and is a 1982 Falkland’s veteran.
The award of the British Empire Medal in the 1988 New Year’s Honours List for services to the Royal Navy was the pinnacle of his career.
His seagoing service saw him on 6 different warships including HMS Sheffield.
Captains of note were Admiral Sandy Woodward, who commanded the Falklands Task Force, and Captain Sam Salt who commanded the Sheffield when she was so tragically sunk.

His stories about life in the Royal Navy use many of his own photographs, along with memories from a varied career, to give a personal insight into the Royal Navy.
These include details about the loss of HMS Sheffield, Captain Salt’s return to the Falklands on HMS
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The National Archives

Much of my research into this book was done using The National Archives in Kew.
Recent correspondence with researchers working there has established that they did not know that they held the original Radio Codebook from the U-boat UC-44.
This means I am the only person to link Room 40 to the salvage work of the Royal Navy, this makes my book unique.
Room 40 was naval intelligence in WW1, their work i Read more of this blog post »
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