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by Sandy Woodward


  Woodward, Admiral Sandy: qualifications xiii;

  accused of cowardice xvii;

  diary entries xx, 27, 106, 109, 110, 138, 141, 145, 147, 148–9, 199–201, 231–2, 234, 248–50, 268, 271–2, 273, 299–300, 302, 316–17, 322, 332, 379–80, 386, 392, 397–8, 412–13, 439, 441–2, 450, 457–8, 459, 461–2, 468–9, 479;

  father 30;

  appointment as Rear Admiral 31;

  at Stubbington House 33;

  at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth 33–40;

  joins Navy 37;

  at Eaton Hall 38–40;

  and Zodiac 46–7;

  becomes sub-lieutenant 47;

  at Royal Naval College, Greenwich 47–9;

  on HMS Dolphin 50;

  submarine career 50–3;

  marriage 54;

  on Commanding Officers Qualifying Course 55–7;

  commander of Tireless 57–9;

  at Naval College, Dartmouth again 59–60;

  commands Grampus 60;

  on HMS Valiant 60–4;

  ‘teacher’ of Perishers 61–4;

  commands Warspite 64–6;

  at Royal College of Defence Studies 66;

  on Captains’ list 67–8;

  made Captain at Ministry of Defence 70–5;

  at Directorate of Naval Plans 78–82;

  promoted Rear Admiral 83;

  on Glamorgan 83–90, 102, 106;

  and Antrim 93–4, 102;

  shifts to Hermes 120, 124;

  and beginning of the war 151–2;

  and media 153–8;

  symptoms of stress 199;

  numbers of signals received 168;

  letters home xx, 133, 174, 179, 235, 247, 323–5, 348–9; steams into TEZ 187–8;

  lessons learnt 424–5;

  and Bluff Cove disaster 452–60;

  attitude to General Menendez 475;

  reunited with Jeremy Moore 475–6;

  tours Falklands sites 477–9;

  report 481–3;

  gives Press Conference 483–5;

  last signal 485–6;

  communications from Director of Navy Pay and Pensions 495

  Woodward, Tessa (daughter) 59, 106

  Woodward, Tom (father) 30, 161 Wreford-Brown, Commander Christopher 171, 208, 210, 212–13, 219, 220–6

  Wren, Sir Christopher 48

  Yarmouth HMS: and sinking of Sheffield 10, 20, 22, 27;

  passage to Falklands 128, 147, 149;

  under attack 193;

  line of defence 217;

  reports false emergency 234;

  and Sheffield 238–9, 246, 251–2, 264;

  and landing 346, 351, 354;

  in ‘Bomb Alley’ 366, 369, 372;

  and assault on Stanley 438, 443;

  bombards East Falklands 452, 460, 469,

  supports land forces 462–3, 467, 469

  Young, Captain Brian 93, 100, 111, 146, 326;

  in South Georgia 148;

  and landing 345, 354;

  in ‘Bomb Alley’ 363

  Zodiac HMS 46–7

  ‘Zulu time’ 2

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