Henry Woods (British Army officer) explained

Henry Woods
Birth Date:7 May 1924
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Rank:Major-General
Commands:North East District
Royal Armoured Corps Centre
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Battles: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, (7 May 1924  - 19 September 2019) was a British Army officer.

Early life and education

Woods was educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Oxford.

Military career

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 (CB) in the 1979 Birthday Honours.

Personal life

Woods married Imogen Elizabeth Birchenough Dodd in 1953; they had two daughters.[1]

He died on 19 September 2019 at the age of 95.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010,
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 2 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  3. Web site: Woods . 24 September 2019 . 24 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924064956/http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/236186/woods . dead .