Henry Woods (British Army officer)
Henry Woods | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1924 |
| Died | 19 September 2019 (aged 95) |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands held | North East District Royal Armoured Corps Centre 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |
| Battles/wars | Second World War Korean War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Member of the Royal Victorian Order Member of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross |
Major-General Henry Gabriel Woods, CB, MVO, MBE, MC, DL (7 May 1924 – 19 September 2019) was a British Army officer.
Military career[edit]
Educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Oxford, Woods was commissioned into the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1944 and served in North West Europe during the Second World War.[1] He also saw action during the Korean War.[1] He became commanding officer of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1965.[1] He went on to be Commandant, Royal Armoured Corps Centre in 1969, British Military Attaché in Washington, D.C. in 1973 and General Officer Commanding North East District in 1976.[2] Woods was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1979 Birthday Honours.[3]
Personal life[edit]
Woods married Imogen Elizabeth Birchenough Dodd in 1953; they had two daughters.[1]
He died on 19 September 2019 at the age of 95.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
- ^ "No. 47869". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1979. p. 2.
- ^ "Woods". Archived from the original on 24 September 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
- 1924 births
- 2019 deaths
- 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers
- Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
- British Army personnel of World War II
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- British Army major generals
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Members of the Royal Victorian Order
- People educated at Highgate School
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- British Army personnel of the Korean War
- British military attachés