Sandy Woodward

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Sandy Woodward was a British Royal Navy admiral best known for commanding the UK task force during the 1982 Falklands War.

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Sandy Woodward canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy officer ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
awardReceived Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Distinguished Service Order ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
commanded HMS Ark Royal ⓘ
HMS Norfolk ⓘ
HMS Sheffield ⓘ
linked to: HMS Sheffield (D80)
conflict Cold War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-05-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-08-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Royal Naval College Dartmouth ⓘ
employer British Armed Forces ⓘ
familyName Woodward ⓘ
fieldOfWork maritime strategy ⓘ
naval warfare ⓘ
genre military memoir ⓘ
givenName Henry ⓘ
hasHonorificPrefix Admiral ⓘ
Sir ⓘ
hasNickname Sandy ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Navy Submarine Service ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
militaryRank Admiral ⓘ
Rear Admiral ⓘ
Vice Admiral ⓘ
notableEvent surrender of Argentine forces in the Falklands War ⓘ
notableWork One Hundred Days (memoir of the Falklands campaign) ⓘ
command of the British task force in the Falklands War ⓘ
occupation military leader ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Cornwall ⓘ
England ⓘ
Penzance ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bosham ⓘ
England ⓘ
West Sussex ⓘ
positionHeld Commander of the Task Group 317.8 ⓘ
Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) ⓘ
Flag Officer First Flotilla ⓘ
residence Bosham ⓘ
serviceEndYear 1989 ⓘ
serviceStartYear 1946 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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One Hundred Days → author → Sandy Woodward ⓘ
One Hundred Days → aboutPerson → Sandy Woodward ⓘ
Battle of San Carlos → commander → Sandy Woodward ⓘ