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Did you know... that former British Army Commando major-general John Woollett later became a planning inspector?
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... that former British Army Commando Major-General John Woollett later became a planning inspector? "Woollett took part in raids in Norway with No 6 Commando before returning to the Corps to command 16 Field Squadron in 1942 ... he was Chief Engineer HQ BAOR from 1967 to 1970 in the rank of major-general ... he served with the Department of the Environment until 1980 as a principal planning inspector" from: "Maj-Gen John Woollett". Daily Telegraph. 25 June 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
ALT1:... that John Woollett was chief engineer for the 1956 British Operation Grapple thermonuclear tests? "He was therefore the natural choice for chief engineer for the British hydrogen bomb tests, based on Christmas Island (now Kiritimati) in the latter half of the 1950s." from: "Major General John Woollett". The Times. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2021.