William Wellington Godfrey

Sir William Godfrey
Sir William Godfrey
Born	2 April 1880; Newry, County Down
Died	18 May 1952 (aged 72); Tavistock, Devon
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Marines
Years of service	1898–1939
Rank	General
Commands held	Adjutant-General Royal Marines; Portsmouth Division Royal Marines
Battles/wars	First World War
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath; Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

General Sir William Wellington Godfrey, KCB, CMG (2 April 1880 – 18 May 1952) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.

Military career[edit]

Educated at Dulwich College,^[1] Godfrey was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1898.^[2] Godfrey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912,^[3] scoring 15 runs in the match.^[4] He served on the staff of Captain John de Robeck for the evacuation from Gallipoli in January 1916 during the First World War.^[5] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in 1930,^[6] Commandant of the Portsmouth Division Royal Marines in 1930 and Adjutant-General Royal Marines in October 1936 before retiring in October 1939.^[7]

^ "William Wellington Godfrey". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "No. 27001". The London Gazette. 2 September 1898. p. 5259.
^ "First-Class Matches played by William Godfrey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
^ "Sir John de Robeck's Gallipoli Evacuation Despatch". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Godfrey, Sir William Wellington". Generals.dk. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
^ "Royal Navy Senior Appointments, 1865-" (PDF). gulabin.com. October 2020. p. 283. Retrieved 16 November 2020.

Military offices
Preceded by Sir Richard Foster	Adjutant-General Royal Marines 1936–1939	Succeeded by Sir Alan Bourne