Identity
Person No.
8286
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Charles Norman
Initials
C N
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
22
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
KIA 14,780
Killed in action
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Annie Priscilla Godfrey, of 65 Wilts Rd., Berea, Durban, Natal, and the late Robert Godfrey.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #55. 2nd Lieutenant GODFREY, Charles Norman, age 22, Force No (718), 1st South African Infantry Brigade.: Born Durban 5/10/1895; member of the Queens Park ASC; a linesman with the Durban Corporation before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA.1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; promoted to lance corporal 21/9/1915; promoted to corporal 1/11/1915; killed in action at Marrieres Wood, near Peronne, France. (Body never found.) Buried/commemorated: Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Durban Light Infantry; St. Marys Anglican Church; St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Durban; Durban Corporation in the Durban City Hall; Queens …
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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