Arthur Pole Godfrey was killed in action on this day in 1917.
Arthur Godfrey was born at 41 Devonshire Place, Portland Place, London 7 Feb 1879, the only son of Charles Godfrey and Evelyn (née Browne).
He was educated at Chigwell School and at a school in France. He was good at football, cricket and tennis.
Age 20, he went to Ceylon 1899 and eventually became a partner in a Tea Plantation.
He joined the Ceylon Rifles and on the outbreak of war returned to England.
He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. on 12 June 1915 and appointed Lieut. 31 October 1916.
He was wounded in the Battle of the Somme and killed in action during the Battle of Arras at the south west corner of the Hyderabad Redoubt 11 April 1917.
Lieut. Arthur Pole Godfrey. The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.
11 April 1917 Killed in action. He was 38.
Sources: De Ruvigny’s v.iii