Sidney Godley: The Bravest Brit Analysis

C.J. Geary
Mrs. Sherri Bing
English IV
9 December 2015
Sidney Godley: The Bravest Brit Sidney Godley was part of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, one of the first battalions sent to fight when war was declared. Godley and the rest of the Royal Fusiliers came quickly into conflict with the German infantry and Godley bravely fought for his countrymen to be able to protect his country. December 13, 1909 Sidney Godley joined the Royal Fusiliers, the 4th Battalion of the British infantry. In August 1914, just five years after Godley joined the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, the First World War was declared. Sidney Godley and the rest of the 4th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers were one of the first to go into France and Belgium.
The wedding was said to have led by former army chaplain of Sidney, Reverend Noel Mellish VC, but the marriage certificate states that the officiating minister was the Rev. ER Whalley, however, Rev. Mellish VC was the vicar of Lewisham at the time so could well have been present. They had one son, a least, who was named Stanley. In 1920, Sidney Godley returned to his old school in Sidcup and was presented with a black marble clock and registered war bonds worth £ 150. In 1921, Sidney Godley took a job as a janitor at the school Cranbrook School, retiring after thirty years service in 1951. Between the two wars Godley has worked hard on behalf of service charities, and opportunities to dress up as "Old Bill", a character created by the artist Bruce Bairnsfather. Bairnsfather always maintained that the character was not based on a soldier, but rather an amalgam of characters and individuals who symbolized the typical "British Tommy "during the First World War. However, Sidney Godley was wearing a striking resemblance to the character and used wisely. He had a walrus style mustache wore his hat at a jaunty angle with trees a pipe;.. occasions, he had to wear a helmet with the design of a Union Jack covering likeness was so accurate that he received the nickname "Old Bill" During his life, he never ceased to attend ceremonies commemorating the war or special functions adapted for the "Old Contemptibles". In 1931 he took part in the armistice function at the Cenotaph in London. In 1938, the people of Mons presented Godley with a special medal. Mons City Hall gave him lunch at City Hall and Godley was the guest of honor. A menu was signed at the luncheon by customers, including Godley, with another customer who had fed him with rolls and coffee on the first morning, he arrived at Mons in