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223768 John Scarlett Warren Walsham Royal Navy HMS Warspite I only knew my grandfather, John Walsham a little and of course regretted this when I read The Times obituary written after he died. I would love to know more about this event and if anyone remembers him. Later in the war Walsham went back to sea as senor engineer of the battleship Warspite. There he played an important part in saving her from destruction when she was providing bombardment support for British and US forces who were threatened by a German counter-attack after the landings at Salerno in southern Italy. On September 16, 1943, Warspite suffered a direct hit from of the new German FX 1400 radio controlled glider bombs and but for highly efficient damage control, for which Walsham was appointed OBE, might well have been lost. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.