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John Woodrow

John Woodrow

British Army general

Major-General Albert John Woodrow MBE (1919–1988) was a British Army officer.

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Military career

Woodrow was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals on 25 May 1940 during the Second World War.[1] He became commanding officer of 1 Divisional Signal Regiment at Verden an der Aller in Germany in 1961.[2] He went on to be Commander of the Royal Signals Training Group in 1965, Director of Army Public Relations in 1968 and General Officer Commanding Wales in 1970 before retiring in 1973.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "No. 34861". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 May 1940. p. 3260.
  2. [2]
    "(Albert) John Woodrow". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Army Commands" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
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