Portsmouth family pay tribute Royal Navy veteran who served in Falklands after he dies in A3(M) crash
Cdre Williams served as operations officer on the Type 21 frigate HMS Ambuscade during the Falklands conflict. He also served as navigator aboard aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and commanded both HMS Andromeda and HMS Scylla. He was commanding officer on HMS Fearless while she was deployed in the Far East for the handover of Hong Kong in 1997. Following his naval retirement he took up the Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society role, focusing on the welfare of merchant seafarers and fishermen. Cdre Williams led a campaign to stop cheques being abolished by banks, and called for acknowledgement of m...
Source: portsmouth.co.uk