GODSON, WILFRED PHILIP
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20/09/1944
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Royal Welch Fusiliers 4th Bn.
I. E. 7.
In glory everlasting
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Son of Colin Hugh and Myra Hannah Godson, of Holyport, Berkshire.
Wilfred Philip Godson got killed around Wilreit near Luyksgestel, Holland.
His father company serjeant major Colin Hugh Godson was killed during the battle of the Somme durin WWI and is commemorated at the Thiepval memorial. His older brother Colin Henry Godson died as a prisoner of war and is commemorated at the Lubuan memorial.
Godson was initially buried at Steensel.
From the service records of Wilfrid Philip Godson, the following account can be reconstructed.
Wilfrid Philip Godson was born on 9 May 1913 in Walthamstow, Essex. In civilian life he worked as a stockman. He was described as being 5 feet 9½ inches tall, with blue eyes and fair hair.
He enlisted in the British Army on 6 May 1939 in Maidenhead. On 26 July 1944, he was posted to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. He was deployed to North-West Europe on 3 September 1944 as part of the Allied campaign following the Normandy landings.
Wilfrid Philip Godson was killed in action on 20 September 1944.
Original gravesite at Meerveldhoven.