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...
Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-i...
Unit of soldiers raised in Manchester during the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion, sup...
From the Sub Fire Station 6W, Cheyne Place. Died in a fire which took the li...
Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Sc...
