Jonathan Woodcock

Jonathan Woodcock

Vice Admiral Jonathan Woodcock in February 2015
Born (1962-07-05) 5 July 1962
Sandown, Isle of Wight
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service 1984 –
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held Second Sea Lord
Naval Secretary
HMS Raleigh
Royal Naval School of Marine Engineering
Battles/wars Iraq War
Awards Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Vice Admiral Simon Jonathan Woodcock, OBE (born 5 July 1962) is a Royal Navy officer who currently serves as Second Sea Lord.

Naval career

Educated at Ryde School and Britannia Royal Naval College, Woodcock joined the Royal Navy in 1984.[1] He served as Commander (Engineering) in HMS Ark Royal and saw action during Operation Telic as Staff Marine Engineer to the Amphibious Task Group.[1] 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.[2] 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.[1] He became Second Sea Lord in March 2015.[3]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Birthday Honours.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 The Naval Engineer
  2. Island Life
  3. "Second Sea Lord supersession". Ministry of Defence. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58729. p. 4. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Military offices
Preceded by
David Steel
Naval Secretary
2012–2015
Succeeded by
Simon Williams
Preceded by
Sir David Steel
Second Sea Lord
2015 –
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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