Charles Woodhouse
Admiral Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse KCB (9 July 1893 – 23 September 1978) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse | |
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 Captain C H L Woodhouse aboard HMS Howe in January 1943 | |
| Born | 9 July 1893 East Retford district, Nottinghamshire |
| Died | 23 September 1978 (aged 85) Warlingham, Surrey |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ | Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1906–1952 |
| Rank | Admiral |
| Commands held | HMS Ajax HMS Howe Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers Commander-in-Chief, East Indies |
| Battles/wars | Battle of the River Plate (1939) |
| Awards | KCB; Commander, Order of Merit (Chile); Silver Medal of Concepcion |
Naval career
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 popular culture
In the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate, Woodhouse was played by Ian Hunter.
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