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Captain Walter Egerton Woodward, D.S.O., R.N. (10 August, 1874 – 18 February, 1935) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

The son of Captain (eventually, Vice-Admiral) Robert Woodward, C.B., R.N..

Woodward was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1895.

Woodward was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1907.

Woodward was appointed to the pre-dreadnought Exmouth on 17 December, 1912,^[1] and remained in her until being lent to Medea on 9 April, 1913.

Woodward was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1916.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Cecil F. Lambert	Captain of H.M.S. Chamois 5 Sep, 1901^[2] – 31 Oct, 1901	Succeeded by Percy W. Pontifex
Preceded by George M. Keane	Captain of H.M.S. Medea 9 Apr, 1913 – 22 Apr, 1913	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Harold Escombe	Captain of H.M.S. Ocean 1 Jul, 1913 – 14 Apr, 1914	Succeeded by Arthur B. Hughes
Preceded by Robert W. Glennie	Captain of H.M.S. Marmora 3 Sep, 1916^[3] – 25 Jul, 1918^[4]	Succeeded by Vessel Lost
Preceded by Harry H. Smyth	Captain of H.M.S. Princess Margaret 9 Nov, 1919 – 20 Jan, 1920	Succeeded by Robert A. Hornell

↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 311.
↑ "Naval & Military intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 6 September 1901. (36553), p. 8.
↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 401q.
↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 137.

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