Henry Felix Woods

Henry Felix Woods

in the Imperial Ottoman Naval Service.

A British naval officer, born in Jersey in 1843 and educated at the Upper School of Greenwich Hospital (London), which offered training for the Royal Navy. After finishing top of the year, he entered as a navigator, or Masters Assistant.

He was attached to the British Embassy in the Ottoman Empire, and eventually joined the Imperial Ottoman Navy, where he was given the rank of Admiral. He was Aide-de-Camp for some years to Sultan, Abdul Hamid.

He was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Medjidie and Osmanieh and was a Knight Commander of the Saxe-Coburg Order. He died in 1929


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