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) & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 4 SIDNEY TERRACE. SIDNEY STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. EMPLOYED AS AN OIL MILLER. A FORMER TERRITORIAL. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 09/11/1914. SERVED IN THE 8TH EASY YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 3RD MAY 1917, AGED 35. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ANN.
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”.
First name:
JAMES ANDREW
Military Number:
3/6708
Rank:
Private
Date Died
03/05/1917
Place died:
Tilloy British Cemetery, Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
35
4 SIDNEY TERRACE, SIDNEY STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
