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December 26, 2006
Farewell to Tugg
One of my favourite cartoonists has died. "Tugg" also known as Lieutenant Cecil Wilson MBE, has died suddenly. I know that in reproducing one of his masterpieces here I am breaching the copyright, but I sincerely hope and trust that it will be permitted to pass as a sincere tribute to the man and his art. Subscribers to Navy News will know and love his work - and his ability to capture "Jack" in all his moods, hopeful, cheeky, pushing his luck alongside the tensions that always exist between the "Royals" and the Matelots aboard any ship in the RN.
I am sure that many who have passed through one form of military service or another will agree with me that the PTI's were often more frightening than the enemy could ever be! Sometimes even more scary than the GI's or even the Master at Arms at his most bucolic and sarcastic. I think the cartoon below sums up why extremely well!
Tugg knew his subjects well, having joined the RN in 1947 as a Naval Air Mechanic and achieved the rank of Sub-Lieutenant in 1964 and his sense of humour was unsurpassed, frequently biting, but always spot on the button. My thoughts are certainly with his family at this time and my prayer is, as ever, "May he rest in peace; and rise in Glory with Christ."
Posted by The Gray Monk at December 26, 2006 03:46 PM
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