Lt Joshua Woodhouse A Mother's Experience of Military Justice

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Pub Date 15 Dec 2016 | Archive Date 03 Oct 2019

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This is the explosive story of Lt Joshua Woodhouse, a young, highly successful officer, who died in suspicious circumstances whilst serving his country on board HMS Ocean in August, 2010.

At the time of his death, HMS Ocean was berthed in the Unites States naval base, Mayport in Jacksonville, Florida.

At the very time of the incident, a US Navy warship, the USS Mitscher was sailing past and three of her crew were eye witnesses to his fateful fall.

The Royal Navy SIB Military Police, instead of investigating the possibility of foul play, refused to interview these three independent US Navy witnesses as part of their criminal investigation. Instead, on receipt of these witness statements the SIB created a brand new unsubstantiated account.

The book recounts how the Royal British Legion took on this suspicious military death and brought together an outstanding legal team. This team resolutely fought the combined might of the Coroner, the MOD, the Royal Navy Military Police, and the Royal Navy who did all in their power to cover up this inconvenient death.

The book culminates with the proceedings of the Inquest where the mask slips and the real motives of the MOD and Coroner are exposed.

This is the resolution of a mother’s determined fight to see her son’s story told.

This is the explosive story of Lt Joshua Woodhouse, a young, highly successful officer, who died in suspicious circumstances whilst serving his country on board HMS Ocean in August, 2010.

At the...


Advance Praise

I am open to suggestions, but taking just some snippets from Amazon reviews to date -

"In the wake of the Marine A story recently this book highlights the need for transparency and honesty from our armed forces. A truly insightful read which leaves you emotionally charged. You are there for every step as the events are unravelled"

"So gripping, I can barely believe this is real life and happened in reality to this family. Hopefully justice will be done"

"This book has to be read. Although it is subtitled "A Mother's Experience of Military Justice," it is in truth the story of a gross injustice. .... suspicions are aroused as the evidence is presented, and then there is anger at the denial of justice for the family of a young Royal Naval officer who died while faithfully serving his country. This book should be widely read; this story should be widely made known"

"Having served myself I started reading with an open mind, very aware this has been written by a mother grieving for her beloved son, and believing that the "truth will always out". How wrong I was. A gripping and in places an horrific read this shows all too clearly how our service personnel can be conveniently "swept under the carpet""

I am open to suggestions, but taking just some snippets from Amazon reviews to date -

"In the wake of the Marine A story recently this book highlights the need for transparency and honesty from our...


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ISBN 9780473383312
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The author wrote a great account of the personal journey they embarked on. The honest and detailed writing made it easy for the reader to feel invested in their journey.

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This is a remarkable – and deeply disturbing – story. In it, Polly Woodhouse explores the circumstances of her son’s death. Young and successful naval officer Lt Joshua Woodhouse fell to his death whilst serving aboard HMS Ocean. The official Navy Investigation concluded that it was a tragic accident. Polly Woodhouse couldn’t accept this and in spite of opposition, delays and obfuscation on the part of the naval authorities, painstakingly pieced together an account of what actually happened, and in spite of strenuous denials that there could have been any foul play insisted that the matter hadn’t been properly investigated. I see no reason to mistrust or disbelieve her conclusions – but indeed if only some of her account were true that that in itself would be enough to damn the Navy authorities for their cover-up. As it is, the book sheds a shameful light on a cynical and uncaring service.
The book is heartfelt and moving, but should not be judged by any literary criteria. Its aim is to uncover the truth and this it does supremely well. Yes, at times it is repetitious, and yes, sometimes the technical details are difficult to follow, but all credit to Mrs Woodhouse for her detailed account, and I hope that one day justice will be done.

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Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy this book at all. I love real stories but I felt it was a bit long winded at times. Dealt with subject matter admirably hence my rating.

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The reader can feel the family's anguish throughout this narrative. The workings of the UK military is something I am familiar with which is partially why I was keen to give this a go thanks to NetGalley. I have not yet got to the end of this work but I did get the feeling that at the end of the day maybe the author did just not believe the chain of events and she wanted the verdict to be changed - we all know that this does not always happen in real life. Sadly there seemed to be not concrete evidence to alter the original findings of the military departments. Such a sad tale.

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Very interesting read. It’s not usually my type of genre. But it’s a topic I’m interested in. The book was well written and flowed very well. Learned a lot. Lots of interesting information in here

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