(1897-01-09)9 January 1897 Kirkby-in-Furness, United Kingdom
Died
11 June 1968(1968-06-11) (aged 71) Dunedin, New Zealand
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
Royal Marines (1914–1925) Royal Air Force (1925–1945)
Rank
Group Captain
Battles/wars
First World War
Battle of the Ancre
Second World War
Battle of Britain
Siege of Malta
Awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire Mention in despatches (twice) Legion of Merit (United States) War Cross (Czechoslovakia)
Group Captain Alfred Basil WoodhallOBE (9 January 1897 – 11 June 1968) was a British senior officer who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was a senior controller in the Battle of Britain and the Siege of Malta.
Born in Kirkby-in-Furness, Woodhall joined the Royal Marines soon after the commencement of the First World War. As an officer in the Royal Marine Brigade, he served on the Western Front. Injured during the Battle of the Ancre in November 1916, after his recovery he spent the remainder of the war at sea with various vessels of the Royal Navy. In the interwar period, he volunteered to serve as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and flew torpedo bombers off aircraft carriers. He transferred to the RAF in 1930 and, after initial service with fighter squadrons, held staff roles until the start of the Second World War. In March 1940, he was appointed a sector controller at Duxford and coordinated the handling of fighter squadrons in the air during the Battle of Britain. He later served as the station commander at Tangmere and as a senior controller on Malta. By the end of the war, he had been made an officer in the Order of the British Empire and had been twice mentioned in despatches. He retired from the RAF in July 1945 and he spent his later years working in civil aviation in New Zealand, where he died at the age of 71.
Group Captain Alfred Basil Woodhall OBE (9 January 1897 – 11 June 1968) was a British senior officer who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the...
Jesus College, Cambridge and Assistant Organist of St Paul's Cathedral AlfredWoodhall (1897–1968), senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the Second...
the World 13). Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Woodhall, Steve (2005)...
Zealand 4.80 m Katie Moon United States 4.75 m Long jump details Tara Davis-Woodhall United States 7.07 m Monae' Nichols United States 6.85 m SB Fátima Diame...
the south of the village: Woodhall Hills (established 1905) off Woodhall Road, and Calverley Golf Club off Woodhall Lane. Alfred Blunt, former Bishop of...
Women details Larissa Iapichino (ITA) 6.79 m (22 ft 3+1⁄4 in) Tara Davis-Woodhall (USA) 6.74 m (22 ft 1+1⁄4 in) Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk (UKR) 6.59 m (21 ft...
Wood (born 1946) – musician; co-founder, Electric Light Orchestra Richie Woodhall (born 1968) – world champion boxer John Wyndham (1903–1969) – writer Kal...
Freedom of the Borough of Telford and Wrekin. Iris Butler: 2002 Richie Woodhall: 2002 Lee Carter: 2005 Elizabeth Holt: 2008 Peter Gibbons: 2009 George...
and in 2019 by the New Hardy Players (re-formed at the request of Norrie Woodhall). In 2011 Roger Holman wrote a musical adaptation of "Far From the Madding...
census and estimated at 12,633 in 2019. The town was visited regularly by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, a 19th-century Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. Some...
population in 2019 was still higher at 7,123. Horncastle lies 7 miles from Woodhall Spa, 18 miles from Boston, 21 miles from Lincoln and 13 miles from Louth...
where work commenced in 1953. Woodhall Farm – A housing estate on the north eastern edge of town towards Redbourn. Woodhall Farm was built in the mid to...
the World 13). Alfred Kernen Verlag, Stuttgart. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Woodhall, Steve (2005)...
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footballer who played for Barrow, Lancashire, England and Great Britain. Alfred Basil Woodhall OBE (1897–1968), senior officer in the Royal Air Force during the...
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School, Bushey St Hugh's School, Faringdon, Oxfordshire St Hugh's School, Woodhall Spa St James Independent Schools St James' School, Grimsby St John's Beaumont...
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