{{Short description|Royal Navy Vice Admiral (born 1962)}} {{Other people|Woodcock}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox military person |honorific_prefix = Vice Admiral |name = Sir Jonathan Woodcock |honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCB|OBE}} |image= UK military London Pride (Jonathan Woodcock cropped).jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= Vice Admiral Woodcock in 2015 |nickname= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1962|07|05|df=yes}} |birth_place= Sandown, Isle of Wight |death_date= |death_place= |allegiance= United Kingdom |branch= Royal Navy |service_years =1984–2018 |rank= Vice Admiral |unit= |commands= Second Sea Lord<br/>Naval Secretary<br/>{{HMS|Raleigh|shore establishment|6}}<br/>Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering |battles= Iraq War |awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath<br/>Officer of the Order of the British Empire |relations= |other_work= }} Vice Admiral '''Sir Simon Jonathan Woodcock''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KCB|OBE}} (born 5 July 1962) is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord from 2015 to 2018.
==Naval career== Educated at Ryde School and Britannia Royal Naval College, Woodcock joined the Royal Navy in 1984.<ref name=bio>[http://c69011.r11.cf3.rackcdn.com/da4b7cf35d8844e3b3b4e1ca61ed066d-0x0.pdf The Naval Engineer]</ref> He served as Commander (Engineering) in HMS ''Ark Royal'' and saw action during Operation Telic as Staff Marine Engineer to the Amphibious Task Group.<ref name=bio/> He went on to be Chief of Staff to the Capability Manager Precision Attack at the Ministry of Defence in December 2003, commanding officer of the Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering in March 2005 and commanding officer of the basic training unit HMS ''Raleigh'' in January 2008.<ref>[http://asp-gb.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=58/112/2399&startPage=71 Island Life]</ref> After that he became Head of Pay and Manning in the Ministry of Defence in April 2010, Director Naval Personnel at Fleet Headquarters in January 2012 and Naval Secretary in September 2012.<ref name=bio/>
He became Second Sea Lord in March 2015,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2015/march/10/150310-second-sea-lord-supersession|title=Second Sea Lord supersession|date=10 March 2015|publisher=Ministry of Defence|accessdate=10 March 2015}}</ref> retiring from the position in March 2018.<ref name=portsmouth-20180326>{{cite news |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/naval-chief-says-final-farewell-to-portsmouth-1-8432965 |title=Naval chief says final farewell to Portsmouth |last=George |first=David |newspaper=The News |location=Portsmouth |date=26 March 2018 |accessdate=29 March 2018}}</ref> He retired from the Royal Navy on 30 June 2018.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue= 62382|date=14 August 2018|page=14481|supp=y}}</ref>
Woodcock was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=58729|supp=y|page=4|date=14 June 2008}}</ref> and knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2018 New Year Honours.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=62150|date=29 December 2017|page=N3|supp=y}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
{{s-start}} {{s-mil}} {{s-bef|before=David Steel}} {{s-ttl|title=Naval Secretary|years=2012–2015}} {{s-aft|after={{nowrap|Simon Williams}}}} |- {{s-bef|before=Sir David Steel}} {{s-ttl|title=Second Sea Lord|years=2015–2018}} {{s-aft|after=Tony Radakin}} {{end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodcock, Jonathan}} Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Military personnel from the Isle of Wight Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:People educated at Ryde School with Upper Chine Category:Royal Navy vice admirals