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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31299" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Woodiwiss </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Roger Vivian </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>D Squadron (C.O.) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>408084 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Borneo 1965 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Devonshire and Dorsetshire Regiment (1949)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 22.03.1929</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Vivian Woodiwiss (occupation underwriter, served WWI Indian Army Reserve of Officers)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Ardingly, boarding school, West Sussex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>took over 17 Troop, D Squadron from Captain Stuart Perry</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1957 rejoined 1 Dorset </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Peggy Parkes-Davis</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>3 daughters (Rebecca, Belinda & Lucy)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1958 returned 22 SAS in Malaya</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>exchange US Special Forces</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>other service England, Germany, Aden & Borneo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1976 retired age 47</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded MBE</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined Sultan of Oman's forces</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Army of Oman finance department</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1999 retired to Oxfordshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 12.03.2022 (Aged 92)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>London Gazette 43837, 10th December 1965, Page 11680 (MiD)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-woodiwiss.36762/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/36/36762-43479dc5dbeecdb563dbae54d33de6ad.jpg?1651582979" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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