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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
1st Bde.
Birth:
July 6, 1891
Lethbridge, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 22, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
April 4, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. A. 16.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Richard Godwin and Anna Bella Lockhart Godwin, of Ottawa.
Brother of Lieutenant John Lockhart Godwin, who died while serving with the Canadian Field Artillery.
Commemorated on the Godwin Tablet.
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Plaque
Pro Deo Et Patria Erected by the Royal Military College Club of Canada Anno Domini 1923. Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada. 883 Lieut Charles Richard Magrath Godwin (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Richard Godwin and Anna Bella Lockhart Godwin, of Ottawa. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. He died on Apr 4, 1916. He was buried in the Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium. -
Memorial Stained Glass
On their 50th anniversary the class of August 1915 at the Royal Military College of Canada have placed this memorial stained glass window to honour their fallen classmates. 883 Lieut Charles Richard Magrath Godwin (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Richard Godwin and Anna Bella Lockhart Godwin, of Ottawa. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. He was killed in action on Apr 4, 1916. He was buried in the Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium. -
Grave Marker
883 Lieut Charles Richard Magrath Godwin (RMC 1912) was the son of Frederick Richard Godwin and Anna Bella Lockhart Godwin, of Ottawa. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery, 1st Bde. He was killed in action on Apr 4, 1916. He was buried in the Reninghelst New Military Cemetery, Belgium. -
Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 883 Lieut Charles Richard Magrath Godwin (RMC 1913) was the son of Frederick Richard Godwin and Anna Bella Lockhart Godwin, of Ottawa. He served with the Canadian Field Artillery 1st Bde. He died on 4 Apr 1916 at 24 years of age. He was buried in the RENINGHELST New Military Cemetery in Belgium. -
Photo of Charles Godwin
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Memorial Arch
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin spent three years at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario and worked as an engineer. On April 4, 1916, Lieutenant Godwin was killed in action. He was laid to rest and Reninghelst New Military Cemetery in Belgium. On the 15 June 1924 this memorial arch was unveiled to honour fallen classmates at the Royal Military College of Canada and was dedicated by the Right Reverend Dr Bidwell, Lord Bishop of Ontario. -
Memorial
All Saints Anglican, Ottawa -
Memorial
Memorial stair, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Memorial
Memorial arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario -
Honour roll
In memory of the Ashbury College alumni and staff who gave their lives in Word War I, World War II and the Korean War. Plaque erected in the Ashbury College Chapel, 362 Mariposa Avenue, Ottawa -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022 -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
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Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Charles Richard Magrath Godwin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 92 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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