Background
WOODWARD, Admiral. John Forster was born on May 1, 1932 in Marazion, Cornwall. Son of late Tom Woodward and Mabel B. M. Woodward.
WOODWARD, Admiral. John Forster was born on May 1, 1932 in Marazion, Cornwall. Son of late Tom Woodward and Mabel B. M. Woodward.
Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.
Executive Officer, His Majesty’s Ship Valiant 67. Commdg. Officer, His Majesty’s Ship Warspite 1969. At Royal College, of Defence Studies, then in Directorate of Naval Plans, Ministry of Defence.
Commdg.
Officer, His Majesty’s Ship Sheffield 1976-1978. Director of Naval Plans, Ministry of Defence 81. Flag Officer, First Flotilla 1981-1983.
Commanded British naval task force during Falkland Islands campaign 1982.
Flag Officer, Submarines, and Commander Submarines, Eastern Atlantic, North Atlantic Treaty Organization May 1983-1984. Deputy Chief of Defence Staff (Commitments) 1985-1987.
Commander in Chief Naval Home Command 1987-1989, rank of Admiral. Flag Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty the Queen 89.
Director Axiom Advisors Limited.
Yachtmaster Ocean (Royal Yachting Association).
Married Charlotte M. McMurtrie in 1960.