Soldier. Born Sidney Frank Godley in East Grinstead, West Sussex. Fought with the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. He was awarded the first Victoria Cross of WW1, and was also the first private soldier to receive this honour. This was for his act of gallantry in defending the Nimy railway bridge at the Battle of Mons in 1914. Died in Loughton, Essex.
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Sidney Godley
In later life he became a school caretaker in Tower Hamlets, which is the onl...
Pte Sidney Godley, 1889 - 1957, awarded the first V. C. of the great war 23 A...
Prominent General in WW1 who visited Northern Ireland in March 1922 and spoke his mind on the Irish situation. On 22 June he unveiled the Liverpool Street Station war memorial and then went home to...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
The police station opened in what was then called Cottage Row. The name was changed to Gerald Road in 1885. After years of debate about its future, in 1993 the police moved to the newly completed B...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
