Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28985/supplement/9957. No. 13814 Private Sidney Frank Godley, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. On 23rd August 1914 at Mons, Belgium, Private Godley took over a machine-gun on Nimy Bridge when the lieutenant in charge of the section had been mortally wounded. Private Godley held the enemy from the bridge single-handed for two hours under very heavy fire and was wounded twice. His gallant action covered the retreat of his comrades, but he was eventually taken prisoner. His final act was to destroy the gun and throw the pieces into the canal. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28942/supplement/8353. GAZETTE ISSUE 28942, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The despatch has been received by the Secretary of States for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field.
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Gazette Information: VICTORIA CROSS,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28985/supplement/9957. No. 13814 Private Sidney Frank Godley, 4th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers. On 23rd August 1914 at Mons, Belgium, Private Godley took over a machine-gun on Nimy Bridge when the lieutenant in charge of the section had been mortally wounded. Private Godley held the enemy from the bridge single-handed for two hours under very heavy fire and was wounded twice. His gallant action covered the retreat of his comrades, but he was eventually taken prisoner. His final act was to destroy the gun and throw the pieces into the canal. MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES,: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28942/supplement/8353. GAZETTE ISSUE 28942, MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, The despatch has been received by the Secretary of States for War from the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, British Forces in the Field.