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A Message from the Falklands: The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker is a book aboutLieutenantDavid Hugh Russell Tinker (14 March 1957 – 12 June 1982), aRoyal Navysupply officer who was killed in action during theFalklands War. His father,Hugh Tinker, published the book after Tinker's death as an edited collection of Tinker's letters.[1]
Lieutenant David Hugh Russell Tinker (14 March 1957 – 12 June 1982)[2] was aRoyal Navysupply officer, appointed as captain's secretary in theCounty-class destroyerHMS Glamorgan. He was killed in action on 12 June 1982, shortly before the end of theFalklands War, whenGlamorgan was hit by anExocet missile fired from a lorry by an Argentine Navy team inStanley; he was on duty as flight deck officer on theflight deck, aft of the ship, within the helicopter bay, at the time. Twelve other sailors were also killed.
Tinker was born on 14 March 1957, the son of Hugh and Elizabeth Tinker. His father was a writer anduniversity professor. He was educated at St. Paul's C. of E. Primary School andMill Hill School, where he served ascoxswain in the naval section of the schoolCCF. After training atDartmouth (Britannia Royal Naval College), he studied atBirmingham University. Tinker was married to Christine Daybell, who still lives in the cottage they bought together in Shropshire.
Following Tinker's death, his father privately published a book,A Message from the Falklands: The Life and Gallant Death of David Tinker, which contained some of David's letters home,[3] andpoems written earlier in his life. The poems are reminiscent ofWilfred Owen's earlier work. The book was taken up first by theSunday Times, and then byPenguin Books.
It was subsequently adapted byLouise Page as a stage play titledFalkland Sound, which was first performed at theRoyal Court Theatre in 1983.[4] The book has also been published in Spanish in Argentina, and in German (asDas kurze Leben des Leutnants zur See David Tinker).
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