WOODCOCK, Mark

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: 

Lieutenant Mark Woodcock was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St Nazaire, later presumed killed in action at sea. He has no known grave. Son of Mr. and Mrs. G.A. Woodcock of Howbeck Road, Birkenhead. Lieutenant Woodcock led a demolition team embarked on motor launch ML 262.

Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/2 and WO417/4.
St Nazaire Society website.
Liverpool Daily Post 16 April 1943, p4.
 
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