Henry Woods (British Army officer)

Major-General Henry Gabriel Woods, CB, MVO, MBE, MC, DL (7 May 1924 – 19 September 2019) was a British Army officer.

Henry Woods
Born	(1924-05-07)7 May 1924
Died	19 September 2019(2019-09-19) (aged 95)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Major-General
Commands held	North East District Royal Armoured Corps Centre 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
Battles/wars	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

Military career

Educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Oxford, 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 in the 1979 Birthday Honours.[3]

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.[4]

References

1. Who's Who 2010, A & C Black, 2010, ISBN 978-1-4081-1414-8
2. "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
3. "No. 47869". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 June 1979. p. 2.
4. Woods

Military offices
Preceded by Geoffrey Collin	General Officer Commanding North East District 1976–1980	Succeeded by Ian Baker