{{Short description|British Army general}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Major-General |name=John Woodrow |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} |birth_date=1919 |death_date=1988 |birth_place= |death_place= |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= United Kingdom |service_years= |rank= Major-General |branch= British Army |current position= |commands=1 Divisional Signal Regiment<br />Royal Signals Training Group<br />Wales |unit= |battles=Second World War |awards= Member of the Order of the British Empire |other_work= }} Major-General '''Albert John Woodrow''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} (1919–1988) was a British Army officer.
==Military career== Woodrow was commissioned into the Royal Corps of Signals on 25 May 1940 during the Second World War.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34861|page=3260|supp=y|date=28 May 1940}}</ref> He became commanding officer of 1 Divisional Signal Regiment at Verden an der Aller in Germany in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp134497/albert-john-woodrow|title=(Albert) John Woodrow|publisher=National Portrait Gallery |accessdate=7 January 2019}}</ref> He went on to be Commander of the Royal Signals Training Group in 1965, Director of Army Public Relations in 1968 and General Officer Commanding Wales in 1970 before retiring in 1973.<ref name=commands>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|title=Army Commands|accessdate=2 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=Jeremy Spencer-Smith}} {{s-ttl|title=General Officer Commanding Wales|years=1970–1973}} {{s-aft|after=Peter Leuchars}} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodrow, John}} Category:1919 births Category:1988 deaths Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire Category:British Army major generals Category:Royal Corps of Signals officers Category:British Army personnel of World War II