Robert Atkinson (ɗan kasuwa)

Sir Robert Atkinson, DSC & Ma'aikatan Bars Biyu , RD , FREng (7 Maris 1916 - 25 Janairu 2015) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Birtaniya kuma jami'in rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Navy . Ya yi aiki a rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Royal Navy a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Distinguished Service Cross sau uku. Daga baya, ya kasance ɗan kasuwa da ke da hannu a gina jiragen ruwa kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Masu Gina Jiragen Ruwa na Burtaniya daga 1980 zuwa 1984. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Atkinson a ranar 7 ga Maris 1916 a Tynemouth, Ingila.   Yana ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya maza uku da aka haifa wa Nicholas Ridley Atkinson, injiniyan gine-gine tare da Hukumar Inganta Tynemouth, da matarsa Margaret.   Ya yi karatu a makarantar nahawu,  sannan ya yi karatun injiniya a Jami'ar Landan . 

Babban ɗan'uwansa shine Farfesa James Atkinson, wanda firist ne na Cocin Ingila kuma ƙwararre a fannin Martin Luther da Gyaran Furotesta .  Ɗan'uwansa ya mutu a watan Maris na 1943 bayan nutsewar wani jirgin ruwa na kasuwanci da yake hidima a kai. An harba shi da torpedo kuma Robert yana kusa da jirgin ɗan'uwansa don jin sautin gaggawa ta rediyon jirginsa amma bai kusa isa ba kafin ya nutse. 

 Aikin soja 
Bayan kammala karatunsa na jami'a, Atkinson ya shiga Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Royal .  An ɗaukaka shi daga mukaddashin mataimakin laftanar zuwa ƙaramin laftanar a ranar 13 ga Agusta 1939.  Babban kwamandansa na farko shine jirgin ruwa mai zaman kansa da ake buƙata, , wanda ya yi tafiya daga Burtaniya zuwa Gibraltar . Daga nan, zai gudanar da ayyukan da ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a Tekun Bahar Rum . Ɗaya daga cikin irin wannan aikin shine kwace wani jirgin ruwan Italiya da ke ɗauke da mai daga jiragen sama, wanda daga nan ya koma Birtaniya. Daga baya ya bayyana aikin da aka yi wa ƙasar da ba ta shiga Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ba, a matsayin 'aikin fashin teku tsantsa '.  A ranar 23 ga Satumba, 1940, an ɗaukaka shi zuwa Laftanar kuma an ba shi matsayi na musamman daga 1 ga Mayu, 1940. 

An ba shi lambar yabo ta farko ta Distinguished Service Cross a shekarar 1941. Shi ne na biyu a cikin shugabannin , wani , kuma yana da hannu a cikin aikin rakiyar ayarin motoci mai haɗari.  Ya karɓi jagorancin wani corvette na aji na Flower-class, , a shekarar 1942 kuma ya raka manyan ayarin motoci guda uku masu mahimmanci, ciki har da ONS 5 a bazara ta 1943. An ba shi lambar yabo ta DSC ta biyu saboda ayyukansa a lokacin wannan aikin, wanda ya haɗa da yiwuwar nutsewar jirgin ruwa na U-boat .  Ya sami lambar yabo ta uku a shekarar 1945 saboda nutsewar jirgin ruwa na Jamus mai suna U-878 a cikin   . 
Rukuni:Matattun 2015
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