Stanley Godfrey
Canadian Infantry Badge
Derek Johnstone has provided the following:
Stanley Godfrey was born in 1896 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was the youngest son of Mary Godfrey from Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Phillip Godfrey from Giles in Lincolnshire.
In 1901, Stanley, who was 4 years old, was living at 80, Falmouth Road, Heaton, where his father was a shopkeeper. In the family home at this time were siblings James, 21, Margaret, 20, John, 18, William, 17, Ethel, 15, George, 12, Minnie, 11, Robert, 8 and Douglas aged 7.
The 1911 Census shows the Godfrey family living a 36, Rothbury Terrace, Heaton. Stanley, aged 14, was employed as an office boy and his father is recorded as being grocery manager. Siblings Margaret, William, Ethel, George, Minnie, Robert, Douglas are still in household.
His father died in 1916 at the age of 63.
Military records were not found, however CWGC documents confirm his parents’ names and that he was the husband of Mary Godfrey of 16, St Andrews Crescent, Blackhill, County Durham.
Stanley Godfrey is remembered in Heaton on H91.24, H91.25 and H91.48
