Sandy Woodward

Sandy Woodward

Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward GBE, KCB (born May 1, 1932) is a British Admiral who joined the Royal Navy in 1946 at age thirteen. He became a submariner, and received his first command, the "Valiant"-class nuclear hunter-killer submarine "Warspite" in 1969. In 1978 he was appointed to the Ministry of Defence.

Woodward was promoted to Rear Admiral and in 1981 appointed Flag Officer First Flotilla. In 1982 he commanded the South Atlantic Task Groups in the Falklands War under the Commander-in-Chief Lord Fieldhouse. For his efforts during the war Woodward was knighted. His book "One Hundred Days", co-authored by Patrick Robinson, describing his Falklands experiences, is possibly the most candid account ever of the pressures of high command in wartime and the impact on the individual commander.

In 1983 Woodward was appointed Flag Officer Submarines and NATO Commander Submarines Eastern Atlantic. In 1984 he was promoted to Vice Admiral, and in 1985 he was a Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff. Before retirement in 1989 he also served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command and Flag Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.

Publications

* cite book
author=Woodward, Sandy
co-author = Robinson, Patrick
title = One Hundred Days: Memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander
year = 1992
publisher = HarperCollins
isbn = 0002157233

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/2/newsid_2520000/2520879.stm 1982: Argentina invades Falklands]


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