Born in 1931, Tony Sale came quickly and very early to Electronics, Engineering and Computing, with tales of meccano robots and a later version built from the remains of a Wellington bomber figuring in his youth.

Having served as an RAF lecturer (at the tender age of 20) teaching advances in radar to pilots and aircrew, as a scientific officer at MI5 (becoming principal scientific officer) and running a variety of software and engineering firms, Tony Sale was working at the Science Museum in the late 1980s when an interest in computers was kindled.

With this new-found spark, Sale was instrumental in the creation of the Computer Conservation Society, which led to a long project to recreate the Colossus computer, a device which was instrumental in the UK-led project to crack the Lorenz cipher used by the WWII German high command (Alan Turing also figured prominently at Bletchley Park, working on the paralle Enigma military code-breaking project).

The completed Colossus became the centre-piece at the National Museum of Computing that Sale established at Bletchley Park, home of the WWII code-breaking efforts.

Anthony Edgar 'Tony' Sale FBCS passed away on August 28th and is survived by his wife Margaret, their three children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

His enthusiasm, dedication and love for his chosen profession will be sorely missed.