Stan Woodbridge

Military Person

1921 – 1945

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Who was Stan Woodbridge?

Flight Sergeant Stanley James Woodbridge, GC, known as Stan Woodbridge, was a British World War II recipient of the George Cross. He was born in Chelsea, London, and during World War II served as a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, with No. 159 Squadron RAF.

Woodbridge was captured by Japanese forces along with five other members of his crew, when their Consolidated Liberator aircraft crashed in Burma. Woodbridge, who was the crew's wireless operator, was subjected to torture, and was eventually beheaded along with the three other non-commissioned officers from his crew. The two commissioned officers from the crew were taken to Rangoon Jail and found alive when Rangoon was liberated. Throughout his ordeal, Woodbridge defiantly refused to give information to his Japanese captors, about his codes or radio equipment.

In 1948, Stanley James Woodbridge was awarded the George Cross posthumously, in recognition of his courage and devotion to duty.

Woodbridge is buried at the Rangoon War Cemetery.

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Born
Aug 29, 1921
Chelsea
Lived in
  • Chelsea
Died
Feb 7, 1945

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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