Lineage - John Dodge, Middle Chinnock, England through Richard who emigrated to America, 1638
John Bigleow Dodge, born New York May 15, 1894, was the great, great, grandson of William Earl Dodge, whose statue stands outside the New York Public Library. He also was the grandson of John Bigelow, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to France. John Bigelow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentary Appointment 15 Mar 1865.
He was born in New York May 15, 1894 and educated St Mark's School in the US and McGill University in Canada. He became a naturalized British Citizen in 1915. He was vaguely related on his mother's side to Winston Churchill and fought for Britain in the two world wars eventually becoming a prisoner of the Luftwaffe.
In the Second World War he joined the Middlesex Regiment in the Second World War. He won the MC before being captured. He was wounded in France, and taken into Luftwaffe custody. Altho he was in the Army, the Kommandant of Dulag Luft where Air Force prisoners were taken, quite liked the idea of having a cousin of Winston Churchill's in his jail, and so bagged him for himself.
He was one of the 'Great Escapers' immortalised by the Hollywood movie starring Dick Attenborough and Steve McQueen.
Son of Charles Stuart Dodge and Flora Bigelow of New York City, USA
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