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Anthony Tobias Author

Anthony Tobias lived a long life and enjoyed a varied career. Born in 1918 he was conscripted into the army at 21 and served for six years, throughout the World War II first as a pilot and later running a University in South Italy for the Army Education Corps.After demob he pursued an industrial career, and following retirement continued to work initially as a court reporter then as Practice Manager for a firm of West End solicitors. For most of his adult life Anthony was also a writer of plays- two of which were broadcast on BBC radio- short stories and several books based on his experiences.Married for almost 60 years before his wife passed away, Anthony leaves a son and daughter several grand -children and great grand-children. He remained a keen cyclist, scrabble, snooker player and writer- almost till his death in 2015.