Philip Edgar GODWIN

Forename(s): Philip Edgar

Surname: GODWIN

   Killed in action, Persian Gulf

Date of birth: 1892 (approx., calculated)

Date of death: 16 Jan 1916

Age at death: 24 years


External link(s):

   CWGC record


Also on this marker:

   William GODWIN

   Lily Edith GODWIN

   Sidney William GODWIN

Carisbrooke Cemetery

Philip Edgar GODWIN

Image by: Tony Barton



Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY
OF
WILLIAM GODWIN,
DIED MARCH 26TH 1942,
AGED 86 YEARS.
ALSO HIS WIFE
LILY EDITH GODWIN,
DIED MARCH 21ST 1947,
IN HER 80TH YEAR.

Separate plaque:
IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE SONS OF THE ABOVE
LIEUT. SIDNEY WILLIAM GODWIN
19TH LONDON REGT.
KILLED IN ACTION ON THE SOMME
OCTOBER 1ST 1916.
ALSO
LIEUT. PHILIP EDGAR GODWIN
6TH JATS L.I.INDIAN ARMY
KILLED IN ACTION, PERSIAN GULF
JANUARY 16TH 1916.
HOW CAN A MAN DIE FINER
THAN FACING FEARFUL ODDS
FOR THE ASHES OF HIS FATHERS
AND THE TEMPLE OF HIS GODS.

Transcription by: Tony Barton