1943 RNVR Chaplain; 6 June 1944 Normandy, RN Chaplain with the Royal Naval Beach Commandos, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry, skill, determination and undaunted devotion to duty during the landing of Allied Forces on the coast of Normandy; attached 48 RM Commando at Pont L'Eveque, Normandy, later took part in the Walcheren assault; 1945 posted to 44RM Commando in the Far East; 1963 appointed Chaplain to the Commando Association remaining so for many years; 1971-1985 Bishop of Norwich.

"For the last three years, our esteemed Chaplain, Bishop Maurice Wood, DSC MA., with the goodwill of the manager has entered his local Marks and Spencer store, wearing his Bishop's purple cassock and green Commando beret. As the store lights are dimmed at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, he has recited Binyon's memorable words. Everyone has stood still and there has been no sound at the tills or at the counters. "We will remember them" still touches all hearts at Remembrance time".