Charles Blair Godwin
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers
Rank and number: 10274
Parents: John C and Amelia Godwin
Home address: 4 Woodfield, Frenchay, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Professional Soldier
Date of birth: 1885
Place of birth: Willesden, Somerset
Date of death: 27/08/1914
Buried/Commemorated at: La Ferte-Sous0Jouarre Memorial, France
Age: 29
Further information:
Charles Blair Godwin was born in Willesden, Sommerset, in 1885 to parents John and Amelia Godwin. Charles was brother to Madeleine and Cuthbert. The family lived at 4 Woodfield, Frenchay. John Godwin was a Stock Broker' agent from Bristol and Amelia had been born in India
Charles enlisted in London, served with the 1st Battalion, "B" Company of the Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers. Charles Blair Godwin died in France on the 27th August 1914, aged 29 years
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Frenchay Village Museum, CWGC and Forces War Records