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David Wood (British Army officer)
Colonel David Wood MBE (23 February 1923 – 12 March 2009) was the last surviving officer of the coup de main operation, by glider borne troops of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd), on D Day, 6 June 1944, which was tasked with capturing Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began.
==Early life==
David James Wood was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, and educated at Monkton Combe School. He was commissioned to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and joined the 2nd (airlanding) Battalion (the 52nd) in 1942. The Battalion formed part of 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division in 1943.
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