Biography

Researching the life of a naval hero: Captain Chris O’Flaherty reflects on the journey of writing his new book.

To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty, about the writing process and his research into the fascinating life of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR – a previously little-known wartime naval hero who went from being a 16 year-old tea-trade trainee to one of only 44… Read More »Researching the life of a naval hero: Captain Chris O’Flaherty reflects on the journey of writing his new book.

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Torpedoes, Tea and Medals: how Captain Chris O’Flaherty discovered a wartime naval hero

To mark the publication of Torpedoes, Tea and Medals this month, we asked author, Captain Chris O’Flaherty about his passion for boats, where the idea for the book came from, and what initially appealed to him about capturing the story of Derek ‘Jake’ Wright DSC** RNVR. Read on for the first installment of Chris’s journey in discovering this little-known naval hero – a tea-trade trainee whose bravery and skill saw him become one of only 44 officers in the Second World War to receive a DSC with two Bars.

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