Such sad news.  My condolences to Ted and Bob’s family.

Although we never served on the same unit, I knew of Bob. I first met him face-to-face when he stepped off a C130 Hercules on Stanley airfield, in the Falklands, a few days after the Argentine surrender.  He told me he could have arrived earlier, had he agreed to being parachuted onto the islands.  It seems his reply to this (as a former pilot - with expletives deleted) went along the lines of “I’ve never jumped out of a serviceable aircraft yet and have absolutely no intention of doing so now!”

Bob immediately brought a great deal of authority and experience to the embryonic Falkland Island Air Defence Ground Environment (FIADGE). For me, personally, he provided very welcome ‘top cover’ from senior commanders of the other 2 Services, allowing the ‘S259 Radar Detachment’ to get on with establishing and then improving a relatively primitive, but effective, Command and Control system.

Credit to Bob, and those who established the system, that FIADGE continues to ‘turn and burn’ over 40 years later.

RIP Bob