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Charles Woodhouse

Charles Woodhouse

British WWII admiral (1893–1978)

Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse KCB (9 July 1893 – 23 September 1978) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

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Woodhouse joined the Royal Navy in 1906.[1] He served in World War I and specialized in gunnery.[1] In 1935 he was appointed Assistant Director of Naval Equipment at the Admiralty.[1]

He captained HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939.[1] In October 1940 he became Director of the Local Division at the Admiralty and in April 1942 he assumed command of HMS Howe.[1] In March 1944 he went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty.[1]

After the War he became Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; he retired in 1950.[1]

In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Woodhouse was played by Ian Hunter.

References

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    Service record at Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939–1945
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