WOODCOCK, Mark

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Rank: 
Lieutenant
Unit/Base: 
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Lancashire Fusiliers
Service: 
Army
Number: 
138278
Died : 
Saturday, March 28, 1942
Killed in action or died of wounds
Cemetery/Memorial: 
Surrey, Brookwood Memorial
Operations: 
'St. Nazaire - Operation Chariot'
Local Roll of Honour: 
Saint Nazaire Raid - Commando Fallen

Lieutenant Mark Woodcock was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action at sea. Officer in charge of a demolition team who had embarked on motor launch ML 262. He has no known grave.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/4.
St Nazaire Society website.
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
3 Cdo. Roll of Honour
Archive pages : 
No 3 Commando
St. Nazaire Commandos

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