RN CDOS Godwin, John

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Godwin ​

• FORENAME

John ​

• UNIT

14 Commando ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

2nd February 1945 ​

• AGE

25 ​

• GRAVESITE

Portsmouth Naval Memorial,Hampshire Panel 93 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit HMS Quebec,R.N.V.R.​

born 13.12.1919 Buenos Aires,Argentina​

son of Charles Algernon and Eva Mary Godwin,Buenos Aires,Argentina​

to England 1928​

educated Malvern College​

HMS Ark Royal 1941​

HMS King Alfred​

Sub Lt,RNVR 26.3.1942​

HMS Quebec​

award Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

Op.Checkmate (Haugesund,Norway)​

POW 15.5.1943​

shot Sachsenhausen,Germany​

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