4 August 2013(2013-08-04) (aged 81) Bosham, West Sussex
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Navy
Years of service
1946–1989
Rank
Admiral
Commands held
HMS Tireless HMS Grampus HMS Warspite HMS Sheffield Flag Officer First Flotilla Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command
Battles/wars
Falklands War
Awards
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, GBE, KCB (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War.
"Sandy" Woodward, GBE, KCB (1 May 1932 – 4 August 2013) was a senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the Task Force of the Falklands War. Woodward was...
and Brooklyn, N.Y. political figure SandyWoodward (John Forster Woodward, 1932–2013), British admiral John Woodward (lawyer) (born 1934), Australian lawyer...
century, Sharkey has worked in close collaboration with Admiral Sir SandyWoodward (RIP) to address the vital needs of UK’s Strategic Maritime Policy -...
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either making use of available shelter or providing portable shelter. SandyWoodward, Royal Navy task force commander during the Falklands War, which was...
Falklands War. London: Penguin Random House. ISBN 978-0-55217-635-4. Woodward, Sandy; Robinson, Patrick (1997). One hundred days: The memoirs of the Falklands...
be procedural." This position appears to be corroborated by Admiral SandyWoodward, a former commander of the Royal Navy's submarine force. In a commentary...
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real act of war took place, and that had happened on 1 May. Admiral SandyWoodward, who commanded the British task force during the war, wrote in his 1997...
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ISBN 9979-70-141-2. S. Crosland. Tony Crosland. Cape. London (1982) Admiral SandyWoodward (1992). One Hundred Days: Memoirs of a Falklands Battlegroup Commander...
to 1982 John Fieldhouse, Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 1981 to 1982 SandyWoodward, Flag Officer First Flotilla from to 1981 to 1983 Steuart Pringle, Commandant...
bombing had been practised for several years. A request from Rear Admiral SandyWoodward, the commander of the British aircraft carrier group heading south,...