Masters of land, air and sea
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CASTROL'S Segrave Trophy for the Briton who best demonstrates "the possibilities of transport by land, air or water" goes this year to Rear Admiral Sir "Sandy" Woodward and the British Falklands Task Force, who excelled in all three forms.
Segrave medals are to be awarded to three senior officers — Maj-Gen Sir Jeremy Moore, Royal Marines; Lt-Col D. R. Chaundler, Parachute Regiment, and Wing-Cmdr A. M. Bowman, RAF.
Lt-Col Chaundler, who replaced the late Lt-Col H. Jones, VC, was wrenched from a warm office in Whitehall and dropped by parachute into the freezing South Atlantic, where he was picked up by a frigate and transferred to a helicopter for his final journey to Goose Green. In my book, that exploit alone deserves a medal.
I still associate Castrol with the distinctive smell of gas mantles issuing from crackling motorcycle exhausts when I was a boy — a far cry from the stench of war.