William Wellington Godfrey

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

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