Johnnie Dodge
| John Bigelow Dodge | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Artful Dodger |
| Born |
15 May 1894 New York City, United States |
| Died | 2 November 1960 (aged 66) London, England, United Kingdom |
| Allegiance |
 British Empire
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| Service/branch |
 Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve British Army
|
| Years of service | 1914–1920, 1939–1946 |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit |
Royal Naval Division Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment Middlesex Regiment Royal Sussex Regiment |
| Commands held | 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
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| Relations |
John Bigelow William E. Dodge Winston Churchill |
Major John 'Johnnie' Bigelow Dodge DSO DSC MC (15 May 1894 – 2 November 1960) also known as 'the Artful Dodger' was an American-born British Army officer who fought in both world wars and became a notable prisoner of war during the Second World War and survived The Great Escape.
Dodge's paternal great great grandfather was David Low Dodge, a pacifist and founder of the New York Peace Society. His great grandfather was William E. Dodge, co-founder of Phelps Dodge & Co. His grandfather was Brigadier-General Charles Cleveland Dodge, who fought in the American Civil War. His parents, Charles Stuart Dodge and Flora Bigelow (daughter of John Bigelow) divorced in 1902. Flora, who had custody of their two children, John and his sister Lucie Bigelow Rosen, remarried to Lionel George William Guest, a cousin of Winston Churchill, and moved to live in Montreal, Canada. His education included Fay School and St. Mark's School, Southborough, Massachusetts and then McGill University in Canada.
It was through Churchill, who then was First Lord of the Admiralty, that Dodge became commissioned into the Royal Naval Division, arriving in England in August 1914. He became a naturalized British Citizen in 1915.
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