Frederick Charles Godwin
Memorial: South Gloucestershire war dead not on a local memorial
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 16561
Parents: Richard and Anne Maria Godwin
Home address: Chappel Cottage, Lansdown, Bath
Pre-war occupation: Farm Labourer
Date of birth: 1894
Place of birth: Doynton
Date of death: 18/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Age: 21
Further information:
Frederick was born in Doynton, the son of a labourer and a middle child of nine children with four brothers and four sisters. In 1901 the family were living in Wick and by 1911 they had moved to Bath.
Frederick served with the 6th Battalion, Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), his battalion mobilised to Belgium in July 1915 where they fought in the battles of Hooge and Bellewaarde. Frederick was killed in action, a year later, in the Battle of Delville Wood (15 July – 3 September 1916) which was a series of engagements during the 1916 Battle of the Somme (1 July – 18 November 1916). The 1916 Battle of the Somme resulted in only a minor allied territorial gain but cost the allies 620,000 casualties. Delville Wood Cemetery where Frederick was finally buried, was made after the Armistice, when graves were brought in from the battlefields and small outlying cemeteries.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
Some information supplied by Kingswood Heritage Museum