Awards & Winners

Sidney Godley

Date of Birth 14-August-1889
Place of Birth East Grinstead
(United Kingdom, West Sussex, Mid Sussex)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Sidney Frank Godley
Profession Soldier
Sidney Frank Godley VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the first private soldier awarded the VC in World War I.

Awards by Sidney Godley

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sidney Godley.

1914


Victoria Cross
(In recognition of most conspicuous bravery that took place on that took place on 23rd August 1914 as a Private in the Royal Fusiliers, British Army, during the Battle of Mons in the First World War.)