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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Godfrey John Henry
|Army number=4692727
|Rank=Pte.
|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 3/6/1946.
|Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
|Prisoner of War=20B 6766
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, date not known.  (Enlistment Books missing).  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 21/5/1940 - notification received 12/7/1940.  Escaped 2/4/1943 - recaptured after three days.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/6/1946.  Demobilised.
 |Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp Number 20B, PoW Number 6766.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camps Number 20A - Thorn - June 1940 - October 1940 and 20B - Marienburg - October 1940 - February 1945. PoW Number 6766.
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born 22/11/1918.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet known.
+|Age=75 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
 |Task or role=Probably Rifleman.
 |Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=Not as far ad is known.
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died at Bristol in April 1994 aged 75.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
+|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Father John Henry Godfrey 1893 - 1974.  Mother Margaret Howard 1893 - 1972.  Married Elsie Marsh (1926 - 1991) January 1946 at Barnsley.  Lived at 15 Turner Street, Great Houghton, Near Barnsley.
 |Image Name=Godfrey.jpg
 |Image Title=Private John Henry Godfrey 10th DLI.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
 |Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).
-|Image Name=
+|Image Name=Godfrey.jpg
 |Image Title=Private John Henry Godfrey 10th DLI.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}

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 |Surname and forenames=Godfrey John Henry
 |Army number=4692727
-|Rank=Pte.
+|Rank=Private.
-|Unit=King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, Enlistment Books missing, Trf Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Prisoner of War 12/7/1940, Class Z Army Reserve 3/6/1946.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, date not known.  (Enlistment Books missing).  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 18/4/1940.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  Taken Prisoner of War 21/5/1940 - notification received 12/7/1940.  Escaped 2/4/1943 - recaptured after three days.  Repatriated to the UK.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/6/1946.  Demobilised.
 |Joined Brigade=18-Apr-40
-|Prisoner of War=20B  6766
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - Camp Number 20B, PoW Number 6766.
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}