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Major-General John Castle Woollett, CBE MC (5 November 1915 – 30 May 2007) was a British Army officer. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1935 and studied for a degree in mechanical sciences at St John's College, Cambridge. Woollett joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France in September 1939, at the start of the Second World War. After the BEF was evacuated to the United Kingdom in 1940 he volunteered for commando service. Woollett commanded the demolition engineers in Operation Archery, a 1941 raid on Vågsøy in German-occupied Norway. He commanded 16 Field Squadron (later 16 Assault Squadron), an armoured engineer unit, from 1942. With the 79th Armoured Division he took part in the North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45, assisting with river crossings and demolition of German st

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rdfs:comment	Major-General John Castle Woollett, CBE MC (5 November 1915 – 30 May 2007) was a British Army officer. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1935 and studied for a degree in mechanical sciences at St John's College, Cambridge. Woollett joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France in September 1939, at the start of the Second World War. After the BEF was evacuated to the United Kingdom in 1940 he volunteered for commando service. Woollett commanded the demolition engineers in Operation Archery, a 1941 raid on Vågsøy in German-occupied Norway. He commanded 16 Field Squadron (later 16 Assault Squadron), an armoured engineer unit, from 1942. With the 79th Armoured Division he took part in the North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45, assisting with river crossings and demolition of German st (en)
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birth place	Streatham, County of London,,England (en)
dcterms:subject	British Army Commandos officers Recipients of the Military Cross 1915 births 2007 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Military personnel from London Royal Engineers officers Academics of the Staff College, Camberley British Army major generals People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing United States Army Command and General Staff College faculty
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	British Army Commandos officers Royal Corps of Transport Royal Engineers Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Recipients of the Military Cross Battle of the Scheldt Bremen Defence School of Transport United States Army Command and General Staff College Order of the British Empire Lieutenant North-West Europe campaign of 1944–45 Commander of the Order of the British Empire County of London Officer of the Order of the British Empire Quartermaster general Cloppenburg Major-general (United Kingdom) Malden Island Staff College, Camberley Streatham Commando Henley Royal Regatta Staff (military) 1st Infantry Division (United Kingdom) 1955 Birthday Honours 1958 New Year Honours Aung San 1915 births 2007 deaths British Army personnel of World War II Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Graduates of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Graduates of the Staff College, Camberley Military personnel from London Royal Engineers officers British Army British Army of the Rhine British Expeditionary Force (World War II) Acting rank Vågsøy (island) Second lieutenant 28 Engineer Regiment (United Kingdom) 79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) Dunkirk evacuation East Lancashire Royal Engineers No. 6 Commando Northern Army Group Panzerfaust Fastnet Race German occupation of Norway Haselünne Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers Academics of the Staff College, Camberley British Army major generals People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing United States Army Command and General Staff College faculty Staff officer St Benedict's School, Ealing St John's College, Cambridge Kiritimati Korean Armistice Agreement Korean War Operation Archery

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