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Peter Wood
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Peter Wood 1918-2013
John Starling write an obituary to Peter Wood for the LEO Computers Society: "Peter Wood, who has died at the age of 95, was given a good send-off in June, well attended by family, old boys and members of his bowls club. Peter was very modest about his war, but it was revealed that he was evacuated from Dunkirk, trained as a commando, fought in India on the North-West Frontier, was captured by the Japanese – and escaped! He ended the war as a 27-year-old Lt-Colonel, still in the Far East.
An England-schools rugby international, he became a pillar of the Association, and a leading member of both the cricket and rugby clubs. He was Ground Secretary for many years, and a Vice President of the Association and those clubs.
After the war he was responsible for the first commercial computer in the country, the LEO I, as DP Manager for J Lyons & Co."
A biographical sketch can be found on page 212 of Peter Bird’s book LEO: the World’s First Business Computer.
Click here for a pdf of the full Obituary:
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