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Henry Gabriel Woods, (7 May 1924 – 19 September 2019) was a
British Army
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officer.
Military career
Educated at
Highgate School and
Trinity College, Oxford
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, Woods was commissioned into the
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards
The 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed in 1922 by the amalgamation of the 5th Dragoon Guards (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. It served in the Second World ...
in 1944 and served in
North West Europe during the
Second World War
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.
['' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, ] He also saw action during the
Korean War
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[ He became commanding officer of the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards in 1965.][ He went on to be Commandant, ]Royal Armoured Corps Centre
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in 1969, British Military Attaché
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in 1973 and General Officer Commanding North East District in 1976. Woods was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1979 Birthday Honours
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Personal life
Woods married Imogen Elizabeth Birchenough Dodd in 1953; they had two daughters.[
He died on 19 September 2019 at the age of 95.Woods]
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References
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1924 births
2019 deaths
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards officers
Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford
British Army personnel of World War II
Companions of the Order of the Bath
British Army generals
Members of the Order of the British Empire
Members of the Royal Victorian Order
People educated at Highgate School
Recipients of the Military Cross
British Army personnel of the Korean War