| NAME | Woodhouse OBE DSO | Christopher Montague (‘Monty’) |
| RANK | IN GREECE
Major |
ON DEMOB
Colonel |
| SERIAL NUMBER | SERVICE
N/K |
PRISONER
N/A |
| UNIT | IN GREECE & CRETE
RA & SOE |
|
| ACTIVE
|
IN GREECE & CRETE
1941 – early 1944 |
|
| METHOD OF DEPARTURE
|
N/K | |
| POW CAMPS
|
IN GREECE
N/A |
IN OCCUPIED EUROPE
N/A |
| NOTES
After enlisting in 1939 Woodhouse was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Artillery in 1940, rising to the rank of colonel by 1943. He served most of his time during WW2 in Greece, and in 1941 he was one of the SOE officers sent to Crete to organise resistance forces behind enemy lines. In September 1942 he was parachuted to mainland Greece as Second in Command of the Operation Harling Force (to demolish the Gorgopotomas railway viaduct north of the Brallos Pass) headed by Eddie Myers. Following the success of this operation Myers and Woodhouse were ordered by SOE Cairo to stay on in mainland Greece, and form the British Military Mission (BMM). STORY We are pleased to share with you the story of Monty Woodhouse OBE DSO from the information we have in our Archive. Please click on the headings/links below which will take you to the relevant PDF file. Monty Woodhouse Greek Campaign Please note we are sharing the contents of our Archive in good faith and in the spirit of the veterans asking us to “Tell Them We Were Here”. The copyright rests with the original authors (as credited), the families and/or The Brotherhood of Greek Veterans. Please contact us at greekveterans@gmail.com if you have any issues or concerns. |
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