Fighting Vichy on Horseback – a Birthday Book Review in memory of Tony Adams

It would have been the late Tony Adams’ 71st Birthday yesterday on 13 October 2023.

Here is my belated ‘birthday present’ for Tony Adams of a book review.

His wife Tina and daughters Laura and Laraine posted on his quirky and unique The Miniature Woodscrew Army Blog which they maintain in his memory as inspiration to other gamers to plough your own hobby furrow.

https://thewoodscrewminiaturearmy.blogspot.com/2023/10/today-would-have-been-tonys-71st.html

Tony often featured books on logistics and horse-drawn troops, which we chatted about – he kindly gave me a tray of his surplus 1960s Airfix figures including many from the Desert War.

Tony wrote 127 book reviews about volumes from his cherished library of hundreds of books. I would send him news of forthcoming logistics books he might not have noticed. Sadly we never got to chat about this recent book.

So here, Tony, at long last is my book review of what might have been Book Review no. 128

https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/10/14/fighting-vichy-on-horseback-british-mounted-cavalry-in-action-syria-1941/

I mentioned this missing book review in the tribute I wrote to or about him in May 2023: https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/05/25/rip-tony-adams-of-the-miniature-woodscrew-army/

From the comments on his birthday post, Tony and his Woodscrew Army and Imaginations world of TIAN clearly continues to inspire gamers. (See B.P.S below)

Happy Birthday Tony – At the head of your Miniature Wood Screw Army on Parade – and of course best wishes to your family from the gaming community at this difficult happy / sad birthday moment.

Blog posted 13 / 14 October 2023 by Mark Man Of TIN

B.P.S – Blog Post Script

A good example of this ongoing influence – James at his Quantrill’s Toy Soldiers website mentioned the ongoing influence of Tony’s TIAN ImagiNations map https://quantrillstoysoldiers.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-passing-of-tony-adams-creator-of.html

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