Henry John Sweeney | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Tod Sweeney" |
| Born | 1 June 1919 Blyth, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 4 June 2001 (aged 82) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1974 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Service number | 204283 |
| Unit | Royal Army Pay Corps Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
| Commands | 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) |
| Battles / wars | Second World War Palestine Emergency |
| Awards | Military Cross |
| Other work | Director General of the Battersea Dogs Home |
Colonel Henry John Sweeney MC (1 June 1919 – 4 June 2001), known as Tod Sweeney, was an officer of the British Army. During the Second World War he was a platoon commander in the coup de main operation, by gliderborne troops of the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd), on D-Day, 6 June 1944, tasked to seize Horsa Bridge and Pegasus Bridge before the main assault on the Normandy beaches began. The following day he was awarded the Military Cross for rescuing a wounded member of his platoon while under heavy fire near Escoville. Sweeney commanded the 1st Green Jackets (43rd and 52nd) at Penang from April 1962 to January 1964; during the Brunei Revolt and Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation.