WOODHEAD, Dudley George

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Known as: 
Spud
Rank: 
Lance Sergeant
Unit / Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Armoured Corps
Service: 
Army
Service Number: 
7885700
P.O.W. number: 
25273
P.O.W. camps: 
Stalag VIII-B (8B)(Stalag 344), Lamsdorf Poland
Died : 
Wednesday, June 14, 1995
Place died: 
Gloucestershire
Dudley George Woodhead 3 Commando
Sergeant Woodhead 3 Commando

Lance Sergeant Dudley Woodhead was reported missing during operations at Dieppe, France, on 19 August 1942, later found to be a prisoner of war. Post war member of the Commando Association from Lydney, Gloucestershire.

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/52.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 101 issued Sept 1995.
[Image 1] Janette Woodhead (daughter).
[Image 2] Cropped from No.3 Commando Sgts Mess 1942 photo  in gallery.
 
Photo of Commando in Gallery: 
Yes
Additional content: 
Dieppe - Operation Jubilee
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
Prisoners of War

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