Private Joseph Cresswell Godfrey

Army Number: 268532

Battalion: 2/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

He was born at lived at Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. Son of Thomas and Matilda Godfrey, of Clifty Nook, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire. He enlisted at Mansfield, Nottinghamshire and was killed in action, 21st March 1918, whilst holding the line near Noreuil, France on the opening day of the German Spring Offensive or (Kaiserschlact)

Commemorated: Arras Memorial, France. Bay 7.

Private Joseph Cresswell Godfrey is also commemorated on the following local memorials:–
Blidworth War Memorial, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Blidworth, Nottinghamshire.