WOODWARD, Leslie George
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Rank:
Sergeant
Unit / Base:
4 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Royal Armoured Corps
Service:
Army
Service Number:
7903178
Service Record:
WO422 / Apv000353925
Born:
Tuesday, February 26, 1918
Birthplace:
Saint Peter Port, Guernsey
Died :
Saturday, April 30, 1994
Age:
76
Leslie George Woodward served in the Commandos from July 1940 until 24 November 1945. Active service included the assaults on Dieppe, Normandy, and Flushing, Walcheren. Post war member of the Commando Association resided St. Saviour, Jersey.
Service record extracts
01.01.1937 enlisted The Royal Guernsey Militia.
02.09.1939 embodied. Trade on enlistment Carpet and Lino Fitter/Driver.
13.02.1940 posted 52nd (Heavy) Training Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps.
18.07.1940 posted No.4 Commando.
21.07.1940 joined No.4 Commando
10.11.1940 - 22.02.1941 absorbed into strength of 3 Special Service Bn.
11.01.1941 appointed Lance Corporal.
28.03.1941 appointed Acting Corporal, No.4 Commando.
28.06.1941 granted war substantive rank Corporal.
14.07.1941 appointed Acting Lance Sergeant.
03.08.1942 reverted to war substantive Corporal at own request.
16.04.1943 appointed Lance Sergeant.
17.04.1943 married Theresa Rose Woodward at Luton, Bedfordshire.
07.06.1944 appointed Acting Sergeant.
04.12.1944 granted war substantive rank of Sergeant.
29.10.1945 posted Holding Commando (Light).
24.11.1945 posted Royal Armoured Corps Depot.
Sources
Service Record on Ancestry.
Partial nominal roll for Dieppe.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 99 (1994).
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