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Vice Admiral Norman Atherton Wodehouse (18 May 1887 – 4 July 1941) was a Royal Navy officer killed in the second World War. He had gained 14 caps for England at rugby union, including six as captain between 1910 and 1913. == Naval history == Wodehouse joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman in the Atlantic Fleet in 1904. During World War I, Wodehouse served on the battleship at the Battle of Jutland, as a gunnery officer. Although several other members of his team were killed in the battle, Wodehouse survived, and went on to secure the position of aide-de-camp to King George VI and as a result was presented with the Companion of the Order of the Bath. He commanded Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from 1931 to 1934.〔 Wodehouse was recalled to active service in 1939, at the beginning of World War II and served as a Convoy Commodore. He was killed when the merchant vessel ''Robert L. Holt'' was sunk by on 4 July 1941, after he had ordered the South Africa bound convoy he was commanding to scatter due to the attacks by German submarines.
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