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Lieutenant JOHN DOUGLAS GODFREY

Service Number: 285423
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

'B' Sqn., 7th

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL

III. A. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Lt.-Col. Alfred John Godfrey and Mrs. Lucy Godfrey, of Dacoy Newton Abbot, Devon. His brother Alfred William also fell.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS, HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE. LOVING MEMORIES
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Buried or commemorated at

FONTENAY-LE-PESNEL WAR CEMETERY, TESSEL
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 521
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