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Admiral

Sir Wilfrid Woods

GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, DL
Born(1906-02-19)19 February 1906
Southsea, Portsmouth
Died1 January 1975(1975-01-01) (aged 68)
Burley, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Navy
Years of service1926–1965
RankAdmiral
Commands heldCommander-in-Chief, Portsmouth (1963–65)
Home Fleet (1960–63)
Flag Officer Submarines (1955–57)
HMS Indomitable (1952–53)
3rd Submarine Flotilla (1945–46)
HMS Forth (1945–46)
HMS Centurion (1944)
HMS Triumph (1940–41)
HMS Seahorse (1935–36)
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order & Bar
Order of the White Eagle (Yugoslavia)[1]
Grand Commander of the Royal Order of George I (Greece)
Alma materRoyal Naval College, Osborne, Britannia Royal Naval College
RelationsWilfrid Wentworth Woods (Father)
Other workCommodore RN Sailing Association (1963–66)
Chairman, RNLI (1968–72)
President, Sea Cadet Corps Sports Council (1966)
Chairman, Foudroyant Trust (1967)
Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire

Admiral Sir Wilfrid John Wentworth Woods, GBE, KCB, DSO & Bar, DL (9 February 1906 – 1 January 1975) was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Submarine Service in the Mediterranean.[2][3]

  1. ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 596.
  2. ^ Houterman, Hans. "Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945 (N.A. Wodehouse to T.C.T. Wynne)". unithistories. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. ^ Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889) Archived 31 August 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

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