Wodehouse joined the Royal Navy in 1902, serving as a midshipman in the Atlantic Fleet in 1904. During the First World War Wodehouse served in the battleship  at the Battle of Jutland as a gunnery officer.
Wodehouse joined the Royal Navy in 1902, serving as a midshipman in the Atlantic Fleet in 1904. During World War I Wodehouse served on the battleship at the Battle of Jutland as a gunnery officer.