Sir William Godfrey
Born(1880-04-02)2 April 1880
Newry, County Down
Died18 May 1952(1952-05-18) (aged 72)
Tavistock, Devon
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchRoyal Marines
Years of service1898–1939
RankGeneral
Commands heldAdjutant-General Royal Marines
Portsmouth Division Royal Marines
Battles/warsFirst World War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir William Wellington Godfrey, KCB, CMG (2 April 1880 – 18 May 1952) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career

Educated at Dulwich College,[1] Godfrey was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1898.[2] Godfrey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912,[3] scoring 15 runs in the match.[4] He served on the staff of Captain John de Robeck for the evacuation from Gallipoli in January 1916 during the First World War.[5] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in 1930,[6] Commandant of the Portsmouth Division Royal Marines in 1930 and Adjutant-General Royal Marines in October 1936 before retiring in October 1939.[7]

References

  1. ^ "William Wellington Godfrey". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  2. ^ "No. 27001". The London Gazette. 2 September 1898. p. 5259.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by William Godfrey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Sir John de Robeck's Gallipoli Evacuation Despatch". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Godfrey, Sir William Wellington". Generals.dk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Royal Navy Senior Appointments, 1865-" (PDF). gulabin.com. October 2020. p. 283. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

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Military offices Preceded bySir Richard Foster Adjutant-General Royal Marines 1936–1939 Succeeded bySir Alan Bourne
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