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Hector Mackenzie Woodhouse
Born15 February 1889
Died5 June 1971
Cosham, Hampshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
RankRear Admiral
Battles / warsFirst World War, Second World War
AwardsCB, OBE

Rear Admiral Hector Roy Mackenzie Woodhouse CB OBE (1889–1971) was a senior Royal Navy officer during the Second World War.

Naval career

Born on 15 February 1889, Hector Mackenzie Woodhouse was educated at Bedford School. He entered in the Royal Navy in 1906 and served during the First World War and during the Second World War.

Rear Admiral Hector Mackenzie Woodhouse was appointed OBE in 1919, and CB in 1941. He retired from the Royal Navy in 1946 and died in Cosham, Hampshire on 5 June 1971.

References

  1. "Woodhouse, Rear-Admiral Hector Roy Mackenzie, (15 Feb. 1889–5 June 1971)". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  2. "No. 35204". The London Gazette. 27 June 1941. p. 3735.
  3. Obituary, The Ousel, Vol.LXXV, No.879, July 1971, p. 65
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