Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
(1893-1978), AdmiralSitter in 9 portraits
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, September 1945
NPG x186266
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, September 1945
NPG x187463
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, September 1945
NPG x187464
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71436
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71437
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71438
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71439
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71440
Sir Charles Henry Lawrence Woodhouse
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 26 February 1948
NPG x71441
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TC Hayne
17 December 2021, 23:37
Born 9 July 1893
Died 23 September 1978
Charles Woodhouse joined the Royal Navy in 1906. He served in World War I and specialized in gunnery. In 1935 he was appointed Assistant Director of Naval Equipment at the Admiralty.
He captained HMS Ajax in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. In October 1940 he became Director of the Local Division at the Admiralty and in April 1942 he assumed command of HMS Howe. In March 1944 he went on to be Director of Naval Ordnance at the Admiralty.
After the War he became Rear-Admiral, Aircraft Carriers and in 1948 he was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies; he retired in 1950.