![]() ![]() In November 1945, he was mentioned in dispatches "in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy". On 26 September 1942, he was commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department as a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (equivalent to captain). Woods served in the British Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946. His first clerical position was as curate at St Edmund the King, Lombard Street, London 1938–1939, and at Hoddesdon 1939–1942. He was Assistant Secretary of the Student Christian Movement between 19. ![]() Woods was ordained a deacon of the Church of England in 1938 and a priest in 1939. He was educated at The New Beacon, Gresham's School, Holt, and Trinity College, Cambridge.Ĭareer Ordained ministry He was the brother of the photographer Janet Woods, Samuel Woods, an archdeacon in New Zealand, and Frank Woods, Archbishop of Melbourne, and a nephew of Theodore Woods, who had served as Bishop of Winchester. Woods was the youngest son of the Right Reverend Edward Sydney Woods (1877–1953), Bishop of Lichfield, and Clemence Barclay. He previously served as Archdeacon of Sheffield from 1958 to 1962, and as Dean of Windsor from 1962 to 1970. He was the Bishop of Worcester from 1971 to 1982. Robert Wilmer Woods, KCMG, KCVO (14 February 1914 – 20 October 1997), known as Robin Woods, was an English Anglican bishop. ![]()
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