Roy Oliver Woods was the son of Joseph and Dorothy Woods, of Southampton. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery and volunteered for airborne forces.

Staff/Sergeant Woods successfully completed Glider Pilot training and was posted to B Squadron, 3 Flight, Chalk Number 868, The Glider Pilot Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

S/Sgt Woods was killed in action, aged 24, during an enemy tank attack which also cost the lives of Sgt Higham and S/Sgt Picton on 25 September 1944. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Groesbeek Memorial to the missing.

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