BORN KILLARNEY, COUNTY KERRY, IRELAND, 1882. SON OF MR R.J. GODFREY AND MRS E GODFREY, OF MONKSTOWN, COUNTY DUBLIN.
HE MARRIED AT HULL IN 1902. HIS WIFE ANN (SLATER) & SIX CHILDREN (4 BOYS & 2 DAUGHTERS), LIVED AT 4 SIDNEY TERRACE. SIDNEY STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER TERRITORIAL SOLDIER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/11/1914. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 03/05/1917, AGED 35. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANN. HER WEEKLY WAR PENSION WAS 33/9 SHILLINGS, AWARDED ON 19 NOV 1917.
HE IS BURIED AT TILLOY BRITISH CEMETERY, TILLOY-LES-MOFFLAINES. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “IN SILENCE WE STILL REMEMBER – FROM HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN”.
| Name | James Andrew Godfrey |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland |
| Death Date | 3 May 1917 |
| Death Place | Tilloy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | East Yorkshire Regiment |
| Battalion | 8th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 3/6708 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
