14342153 Private Harold Godwin
Killed/died of wounds/other causes as the result of
operation ‘Market’
Born on: 01 Jan 1923
Died on: 25 Sep 1944
Died at: Battle of Arnhem
Aged: 21
Buried at: He is buried in
Wijk-bij-Duurstede General Cemetery 1-7.
Rest in Peace Private Godwin:
11th Bn. Parachute Regt., A.A.C.
Son of Samuel John and Mary Godwin, of Stoke-on-Trent. His body was recovered from the Lek on 15 November 1944, believed to have drowned while attempting to cross the Rhine on Operation Berlin.
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