James Woodham Explained

James Woodham
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1986–2019
Rank:Brigadier
Commands:Task Force Helmand
7th Armoured Brigade
1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
Battles:Iraq War
War in Afghanistan
Awards:Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Military Cross

Brigadier James Medley Woodham, is a retired senior officer of the British Army.

Military career

Woodham was commissioned into the Royal Anglian Regiment on 9 August 1986. He was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for services in Iraq in 2005.[1] He was deployed to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2008 as commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment[2] He went on to be chief of staff of 1st (United Kingdom) Division in January 2011 and commander of 7th Armoured Brigade in January 2013 and was deployed as commander of Task Force Helmand in October 2013.[3] After that he became Head of Training and Education for the Army in July 2015,[4] and Director of Operational Capability at the Ministry of Defence in August 2017.[5]

Woodham was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2011 Birthday Honours, and advanced to Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2015 Special Honours.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 'Negotiator' gets military cross . BBC News . 29 September 2023 . 24 March 2006.
  2. Web site: Royal Anglians parade through Cambridgeshire. BBC. 14 June 2010. 5 October 2019.
  3. Web site: UK in Afghanistan transformed country, says commander. BBC. 28 February 2014.
  4. Web site: Army Commands. 5 October 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Web site: Senior Ministry of Defence and Tri-service Appointments. 5 October 2019.