Norman Wodehouse

Norman Wodehouse
Born	18 May 1887(1887-05-18) Basford, England
Died	4 July 1941(1941-07-04) (aged 54) At sea
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Rank	Vice Admiral

Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Forward
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
	United Services Rugby Football Club Royal Navy Rugby Union
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1910-1913	England	14	Tries-(2)

Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse (18 May 1887 - 4 July 1941) was a Royal Navy officer killed in the second World War. He had gained 14 caps for England at rugby union, including six as captain between 1910 and 1913.

Naval history

Wodehouse joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the Atlantic Fleet in 1904.^[1] During World War I, Wodehouse served on the battleship HMS Revenge at the Battle of Jutland, as a gunnery officer. Although several other members of his team were killed in the battle, Wodehouse survived, and went on to secure the position of aide-de-camp to King George VI and as a result was presented with the Companion of the Order of the Bath. He commanded Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from 1931 to 1934.^[1]

Wodehouse was recalled to active service in 1939, at the beginning of World War II and served as a Convoy Commodore. He was killed when the merchant vessel Robert L. Holt was sunk by U-69 on 4 July 1941, after he had ordered the South Africa bound convoy he was commanding to scatter due to the attacks by German submarines.^[2]

Family

He married Mrs Theodosia Frances Swire, née Boyle (1890–1966), daughter of Commander Edward Boyle and Theodosia Ogilvie, and widow of Captain Douglas William Swire (d. 1920), on 22 October 1923.

By his wife Theodosia, he had two sons:^[3]

• Rev. Armine Boyle Wodehouse (b. 1924), who has been twice married (once widowed), and has had issue, one son and two daughters
• Charles Norman Boyle Wodehouse, (b. 1927), who has married, and has issue, one son and two daughters.

See also

• List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
2. ^ Casualty Details—Norman Wodehouse, Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
3. ^ Paul Theroff Part 8

External links

• Commemoration of Rugby players who died in the two World Wars
• Royal Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945
• Vice-Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse, genealogy
• Photographs of Wodehouse at the National Portrait Gallery

Persondata
Name	Wodehouse, Norman Atherton
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	18 May 1887
Place of birth	Basford, England
Date of death	4 July 1941
Place of death	At sea

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