For the British entrepreneur, see Jonny Dodge. For the baseball player, see John Dodge (baseball).
John Bigelow Dodge
Nickname(s)
The Artful Dodger
Born
(1894-05-15)15 May 1894 New York City, U.S.
Died
2 November 1960(1960-11-02) (aged 66) London, England
Allegiance
British Empire
Service/branch
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British Army
Years of service
1914–1920, 1939–1946
Rank
Major
Unit
Royal Naval Division Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Middlesex Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment
Commands held
16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment
Battles/wars
First World War:
Antwerp
Gallipoli
Western Front
Second World War:
Battle of France
Awards
Distinguished Service Order Distinguished Service Cross Military Cross
Relations
John Bigelow William E. Dodge Winston Churchill
Major John Bigelow DodgeDSO DSC MC (15 May 1894 – 2 November 1960), also known as "the Artful Dodger",[1] was an American-born British Army officer who fought in both world wars and became a notable prisoner of war during the Second World War, surviving The Great Escape.
Major John Bigelow Dodge DSO DSC MC (15 May 1894 – 2 November 1960), also known as "the Artful Dodger", was an American-born British Army officer who...
portrayal of three in the Hollywood film, only one American, Major JohnnieDodge, participated in the "Great Escape", and he had become a British citizen...
to Sachsenhausen as punishment, where with Jack Churchill and Major JohnnieDodge escaped via a tunnel built by James and Dowse in September 1944. Recaptured...
baseman in Major League Baseball JohnnieDodge (1894–1960), British Army officer of both world wars and Great Escaper John Dodge (editor), American freelance...
occurring during the Whitsun weekend. The escapers, including Day, Buckley, JohnnieDodge and future Carry On film star Peter Butterworth, were all recaptured...
of the permanent staff, including Roger Bushell, Jimmy Buckley and JohnnieDodge, he had been active in construction of a tunnel, starting from under...
himself with three fellow survivors of the 'Great Escape': (Harry Day, JohnnieDodge and Bertram James). They were placed in Sonderlager A (Special Camp...
escaped from Sachsenhausen, accompanied by Jack Churchill, Harry Day, JohnnieDodge and Sydney Dowse using small cutlery knives to dig an escape tunnel...
Ward Ranger), Mrs. Flora Bigelow Dodge (wife of Charles Stuart Dodge, mother of Lucie Bigelow Rosen and JohnnieDodge), and her husband, Robert Van Vorst...
Johnnie Henry Jones (born June 30, 1962) is an American former professional football player who was a running back for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the...
The land, the first donation to the university, was near the present West Dodge campus of the university. It was the first new building constructed on the...
Robbins was partial to Dodges prepared by NASCAR Hall-of-Famer Cotton Owens, and owned and raced Chargers and then a 1978 Dodge Magnum. He was also the...
Her Husbandv.richard Fischbein; Belinda Luscombe; Newsweek Magazine; Johnnie L. Roberts; Time Inc.c. Delores Tucker; William Tucker, Appellants, 237...
pleaded not guilty and was represented by the famous defense attorney Johnnie Cochran, who argued that Bridges was an abused minor who had been driven...
Television Review; 2 New Sitcoms, 1 New Network. New York Times Roberts, Johnnie L. (1995-07-03). "Kids Will Be Kids". newsweek.com. Retrieved 2009-03-23...
Global Information
British Empire
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British Army
Distinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross
Military Cross