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Walter Benjamin Godfrey

Male 1872 - Bef 1954  (< 82 years)

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  • Name Walter Benjamin Godfrey  [1, 2, 3]
    Birth 7 Jun 1872  Stafford, Staffordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Born 7 Jun 1872 according to the 1939 Register; registered at Stafford in the Sep quarter of 1872. The parish within Stafford is not known. A Glastonbury St John Infants’ School admission register (admitted 7 Aug 1876, parent Edwin) gives 6 Feb 1872, and the 1881 census gives Worcester as his birthplace.
    Christening 31 May 1874  St Paul’s Church, St Paul, Worcester, Worcestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    • Privately baptised at St Mary’s, Stafford, and received into the church at St Paul’s, Worcester, with his sister Frances Elizabeth on 31 May 1874.
    Baptismal Record: Walter Benjamin and Frances Elizabeth Godfrey (1874)    		 Baptismal Record: Walter Benjamin and Frances Elizabeth Godfrey (1874)
    Gender Male
    Census 3 Apr 1881  Mead, Street, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Age: 9 
    1881 Census: Mead, Street, Somerset    		 1881 Census: Mead, Street, Somerset
    Occupation 3 Apr 1881  [8] 
    Scholar 
    Census 5 Apr 1891  Orchard Row, Street, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Age: 18 
    1891 Census: Orchard Row, Street, Somerset    		 1891 Census: Orchard Row, Street, Somerset
    Occupation 5 Apr 1891  [9] 
    Shoe Finisher 
    Residence 14 Oct 1906  285 Newfoundland Road, St Simon, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    • Parish taken from the banns being called at St Simon.
    Occupation 14 Oct 1906  [2] 
    Collier 
    Residence 16 Sep 1908  20 St Laurence Street, St Agnes, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Occupation 16 Sep 1908  [10] 
    Labourer 
    Residence 28 Sep 1910  31 St Laurence Street, St Agnes, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Occupation 28 Sep 1910  [11] 
    Miner 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  3 Enid Street, Trealaw, Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Age: 39 
    1911 Census: 3 Enid Street, Trealaw, Rhondda, Glamorgan    		 1911 Census: 3 Enid Street, Trealaw, Rhondda, Glamorgan
    Occupation 2 Apr 1911  [12] 
    Labourer, Coal Pit, Below Ground 
    Military Between 1915 and 1920  [13] 
    Lab. Corps (279347) 
    Military Between 1915 and 1920  [13] 
    Private, R.D.C. (85385) 
    Military Between 1915 and 1920  [13] 
    R.E. (606110) 
    Military 17 Dec 1915  France Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Private, Som. L.I. (7902) 
    Service Record: Walter B. Godfrey (1920)    		 Service Record: Walter B. Godfrey (1920)
    Residence 9 Feb 1919  Ynyshir, Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [15] 
    Military 27 Apr 1919  [1] 
    Private, Somerset Regt. (Demobilised) 
    Residence 27 Apr 1919  12 Carter’s Buildings, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 19 Jun 1921  12 Carter’s Buildings, Portland Street, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Age: 49y 1m 
    1921 Census: 12 Carter’s Buildings, Portland Street, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire    		 1921 Census: 12 Carter’s Buildings, Portland Street, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire
    Occupation 19 Jun 1921  Ynyshir, Rhondda, Glamorgan, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location  [16] 
    Miner (Timber Dept) 
    Census 29 Sep 1939  97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [17] 
    1939 Register: 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey    		 1939 Register: 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey
    Occupation 29 Sep 1939  [17] 
    Pensioner Prince of Wales 
    Residence 1939-1948  97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [18, 19, 20] 
    Electoral Registers: 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet (1939-1948)    		 Electoral Registers: 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet (1939-1948) (3)
    Death Bef 16 Nov 1954  Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21, 22] 
    Age: 82 
    • Find a Grave gives his death as 10 Nov 1954; not verified.
    Burial 16 Nov 1954  St Mary’s Church, Horsell, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [21] 
    Burial Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey (1954)    		 Burial Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey (1954)
    Residence 1946-1955  Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29] 
    • He was registered both here and at 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, in 1946-1948.
    Electoral Registers: Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell (1946-1962)    		 Electoral Registers: Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell (1946-1962) (8)
    Person ID I1464  Cocks/Baker
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2026

    Father Edward Godfrey
    Mother Mary Ann Harris
    Family ID F504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ann Clements,   b. Abt 1872, Earl’s Court, Kensington, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Feb 1925, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [2, 30]
    Marriage 14 Oct 1906  St Simon’s Church, St Simon, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Type: Banns 
    • Walter Benjamin Godfrey, bachelor; Mary Ann Guy, widow. Witnesses: Walter James Luff and Sarah Katherine Rosina Clements.
    Marriage Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey and Mary Ann Guy (1906)    		 Marriage Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey and Mary Ann Guy (1906)
    Children 
     1. Frances Mary Godfrey,   b. 22 Jul 1908, St Agnes, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Walter George Godfrey,   b. 8 Sep 1910, St Agnes, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Emily Joyce Godfrey,   b. 8 Apr 1919, Clifton, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt Nov 1987, Surrey North Western, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
    Family ID F499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Nov 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Jun 1872 - Stafford, Staffordshire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChristening - 31 May 1874 - St Paul’s Church, St Paul, Worcester, Worcestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - Age: 9 - 3 Apr 1881 - Mead, Street, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMilitary - Private, Som. L.I. (7902) - 17 Dec 1915 - France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 29 Sep 1939 - 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1939-1948 - 97 Woodlands Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Age: 82 - Bef 16 Nov 1954 - Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 16 Nov 1954 - St Mary’s Church, Horsell, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1946-1955 - Briar Cottage, Littlewick Road, Horsell, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1140] Baptismal Record: Emily Joyce Godfrey (1919), Christ Church, Clifton register 1903-1921, p. 61, no. 481 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S1182] Marriage Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey and Mary Ann Guy (1906), St Simon register 1904-1911, p. 15, no. 30 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1207] Baptismal Record: Walter Benjamin and Frances Elizabeth Godfrey (1874), St Paul, Worcester, register 1869-1878, p. 57, no. 451 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S473] 1939 Register, RG 101/1926L, ED DMWG, schedule 58, sub-schedule 2 (Reliability: 2).

    5. [S7] GRO Index, 1872 Q3, Stafford, Vol 6b, pg 3 (Reliability: 2).
      Godfrey, Walter Benjamin

    6. [S200] 1911 Census, RG 14/32379, schedule 150 (Reliability: 2).
      Born in Stafford, according to the 1911 census.

    7. [S450] 1921 Census, RG 15/11596, ED 9, schedule 330 (Reliability: 2).
      Born in Stafford, according to the 1921 census.

    8. [S47] 1881 Census, RG 11/2414, f. 44, p. 33 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S48] 1891 Census, RG 12/1916, f. 76, p. 41 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1186] Baptismal Record: Frances Mary Godfrey (1908), St Agnes register 1908-1915, p. 1, no. 2 (Reliability: 3).

    11. [S1187] Baptismal Record: Walter George Godfrey (1910), St Agnes register 1908-1915, p. 29, no. 257 (Reliability: 3).

    12. [S200] 1911 Census, RG 14/32379, schedule 150 (Reliability: 3).

    13. [S1183] Service Record: Walter B. Godfrey (1920), Medal index card, WO 372 (Reliability: 3).

    14. [S1183] Service Record: Walter B. Godfrey (1920), Medal index card, WO 372 (Reliability: 3).
      Date of entry into the theatre of war.

    15. [S1184] Ancestry.com, UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923, link (Reliability: 2).
      Walter Benjamin Godfrey; Sapper; residence Ynyshie Glam; discharged 9 Feb 1919; 85385; R.e. R D C; 5/Mg/No.3342

    16. [S450] 1921 Census, RG 15/11596, ED 9, schedule 330 (Reliability: 3).

    17. [S473] 1939 Register, RG 101/1926L, ED DMWG, schedule 58, sub-schedule 2 (Reliability: 3).

    18. [S99] Electoral Register: 1939, Byfleet Ward, Polling District Y, pg 36, no. 4444 (Reliability: 3).

    19. [S1142] Electoral Register: 1945, May 1945, Byfleet Ward, Polling District V, pg 9, no. 4419 (Reliability: 3).

    20. [S58] Electoral Register: 1948, Byfleet Ward, Polling District Y, no. 5052 (Reliability: 3).

    21. [S1185] Burial Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey (1954), Horsell burials 1951-1973, p. 21, no. 162 (Reliability: 3).

    22. [S7] GRO Index, 1954 Q4, Surrey North Western, Vol 5g, pg 601 (Reliability: 2).
      Walter B Godfrey; age 82

    23. [S101] Electoral Register: 1946, Horsell (North) Ward, Polling District S, no. 435 (Reliability: 3).

    24. [S55] Electoral Register: 1947, Horsell (North) Ward, Polling District S, pg 3, no. 434 (Reliability: 3).

    25. [S104] Electoral Register: 1952, Horsell (North) Ward, Polling District W, no. 325 (Reliability: 3).

    26. [S105] Electoral Register: 1953, Horsell (North) Ward, Polling District W, no. 313 (Reliability: 3).

    27. [S107] Electoral Register: 1954, Horsell (North) Ward, Polling District W, pg 3, no. 328 (Reliability: 3).

    28. [S1143] Electoral Register: 1955, Knaphill Ward, Polling District W, pg 11, no. 1805 (Reliability: 3).

    29. [S1185] Burial Record: Walter Benjamin Godfrey (1954), Horsell burials 1951-1973, p. 21, no. 162 (Reliability: 3).
      His abode at burial on 16 Nov 1954.

    30. [S1140] Baptismal Record: Emily Joyce Godfrey (1919), Christ Church, Clifton register 1903-1921, p. 61, no. 481 (Reliability: 3).
      Named as Emily’s parents at her baptism in 1919.