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	Felbridge History Group - Roshe School of Dancing
		Frank was a painter and decorator and was son of William Godley, a pit sawyer, who was living at Mount Noddy, East Grinstead in 1881.
		Sidney’s family, for several generations, had come from the East Grinstead and Felbridge area, and they can be traced back to George Godley, of East Grinstead, in 1770, and Sidney’s paternal grandmother was Harriet Pattenden, from the large Pattenden family of Horne, (part of Felbridge before the Felbridge ecclesiastical was created in 1865).
		Godley remained a prisoner of war for four years until in 1918 he was able to walk out of the camp when the guards deserted their posts during the revolution in Berlin.
	www.zyworld.com /felbridge/handouts/Godley.htm (1865 words)

	East Grinstead - Sidney Godley
		Sidney Godley was the first Private to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War.
		Sidney Frank Godley (1889-1957) was born at North End Imberhorne Lane), East Grinstead, West Sussex.
		Sidney Godley died on 29th June 1957 and is buried at Loughton Cemetery.
	www.east-grinstead.com /people-sidney-godley.html (631 words)

	The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| Famous Names - Sidney Godley
		Sidney Godley was the first Private to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War and his Medal card is now available to view on DocumentsOnline.
		Sidney Frank Godley (1889-1957) was born at North End, East Grinstead, West Sussex.
		The extracts below are taken from the war diary of Godley's battalion, the 4th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, while serving at Mons (held in WO 95/1431).
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /documentsonline/medals-godley.asp (752 words)

	Sidney Frank Godley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Sidney Frank Godley was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
		He was the first private soldier to be awarded the VC in the First World War.
		On 23 August 1914 at Mons, Belgium, Private Godley took over a machine-gun on Nimy Bridge when the lieutenant (Maurice James Dease) in charge of the section had been mortally wounded.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/S/Sidney-Frank-Godley.htm (258 words)

	Sidney Frank Godley -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		He was the first private soldier to be awarded the VC in the (A war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the central powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918) First World War.
		Private Godley held the enemy from the bridge single-handed for two hours under very heavy fire and was wounded twice.
		His final act was to destroy the gun and throw the pieces into the canal.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/si/sidney_frank_godley.htm (106 words)

	Pte Godley (Sidney Frank)
		On 23 August 1914 at Mons, Belgium, Private Godley took over a machine-gun on Nimy Bridge when the lieutenant
		Private Godley held the enemy from the bridge single-handed for two hours under very heavy fire and was wounded twice.
		His gallant action covered the retreat of his comrades, but he was eventually taken prisoner.
	www.army.mod.uk /fusiliers/battalions/1st_battalion/victoria_cross/royal/pte_godley_sidney_frank_.htm (162 words)

	OBITS 1947-48 WarrenCoTN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Potter the son of Frank L. and Josie Potter, was born in Warren County, September 18, 1868.
		Sidney was a lovable child, 9 years of age and a third grade student.
		Frank Walker of this county and several nieces and nephews.
	home.att.net /~lschil1533/LynnsTree/OBITwar1947-48.HTM (15269 words)

	Printer Friendly Format - This Is Local London (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Private Sidney Frank Godley was the first private soldier to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
		Mr Willmott, of Bushfields in Loughton, described his story saying: 'Private Godley was defending Nimy Bridge in Belgium in 1914 when his lieutenant was shot.
		Councillor Chris Pond, himself a keen historian, set about arranging for a blue plaque to be erected outside 164 Torrington Drive, the house where the war hero lived with his wife until his death in 1957.
	www.thisislocallondon.co.uk /misc/print.php?artid=118425 (322 words)

	The National Archives \| DocumentsOnline \| Famous Names in WW1
		He was known in the army as "The Bart", on account of his long, amber cigarette holder and dapper manner, not to mention his aristocratic heritage (he succeeded his father as seventh Baronet in 1905).
		Sidney Frank Godley (1889-1957) was the first Private to be awarded the Victoria Cross in the First World War.
		His father remarried in 1899 and by the time of the 1901 Census, Godley was staying with his family again, this time in Bromley, Kent.
	www.nationalarchives.gov.uk /documentsonline/medals-famous.asp (873 words)

	An Insult To Winner Of Vc (from News Shopper) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		THE great niece of First World War hero Frank Godley has added her voice to protests against plans to close the sheltered housing scheme named after him.
		Sidney Frank Godley, as he was named, lived in Sidcup and went to Sidcup School, Alma Road, Sidcup.
		FRANK Godley was born in 1889 in East Grinstead and at the turn of the century was living in Ethel Cottages, Foots Cray.
	www.newsshopper.co.uk /news/localheadlines/display.var.947529.0.an_insult_to_winner_of_vc.php (750 words)

	Radio Club of America
		Initiated in 1994, it is awarded by the Board of Directors as recognition of achievement of excellence in engineering and manufacturing of radio equipment in memory of the outstanding excellence which was so characteristic of the famous Grebe manufacturing team.
		The first award was made in 1994 to Frank A. Gunther as tribute to the excellence which he maintained as head of The Radio Engineering Laboratories.
		In 1994 a special triple President's Award was made to Frank Gunther, Jerry Minter and Frank Shepard (posthumously).
	www.radioclubofamerica.org /people.php?page=awards.html (1379 words)

	Charlie Chan in Panama
		Godley, seeking Chan's help to identify and capture a deadly spy and saboteur known as Reiner, suddenly dies just as he was about to give the Oriental detective some valuable information.
		Chan, still in the guise of Fu Yuen, is taken to jail because of the suspicious death of Godley in his shop, where he finds his second son, Jimmy, who has gotten himself arrested on suspicion of being a spy.
		Picture definitely tags Sidney Toler as worthy of carrying on the role that the late Warner Oland made a screen fixture.
	charliechanfamily.tripod.com /id42.html (2254 words)

	The Chan Films Of Sidney Toler
		There is a plot by a spy called Reiner to sabotage the American fleet when it passes through the canal.
		Godley is then murdered by a poison cigarette while in Chan's shop.
		He suspects Reiner is one of the passengers who came to Panama with Godley.
	members.aol.com /meow103476/filmstoler.html (1871 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Obituaries - Obituaries for Jan. 24, 2002 01/24/02
		Frank L. Green, III died in Houston, TX.
		He was a native of Louisiana, but lived most of his life in Texas and Savannah.
		He was born in Screven County, son of the late Susie Vinson Gadson and Eddie Gadson.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/012402/OBITSindex.shtml (1877 words)

	USDA Rural Development's - Telecommunications Programs - DLT Awards - Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Frank Phillips College will establish a distance learning network, providing educational training, career training, and career advancement opportunities to the citizens and students served by the eight rural school districts and two college campuses in the project area.
		The Sidney Onatai, M.D. Association, a family physicians service entity that operates from facilities adjacent to a 100-bed hospital in Plainview, Texas, has been awarded grant and loan funds from the Rural Utilities Service Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program to assist with improving health care services to rural residents of Texas.
		The funds will be used to establish a satellite clinic, in cooperation with the Town of Turkey, Texas, to improve access to full service family and emergency care for approximately 514 residents of this town, and the rural farming counties Briscoe and Hall.
	www.usda.gov /rus/telecom/dlt/dltawards_tx.htm (9870 words)

	Sports Fresh : Article 'Robert Henderson' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Henderson, claiming media bias against him, and censorship of his views, wrote a number of letters to his constituency Labour MP, Frank Dobson, and later to Tony Blair (then opposition leader) and his wife Cherie.
		In March 1997 Blair is said to have contacted the police asking for a means to stop this "pestering"; on 24th March 1997 a story accusing Henderson explicitly of "pestering" the Blairs appeared on the front page of the Daily Mirror.
		It was written by Gauntier and directed by Sidney Olcott.
	www.sports-fresh.net /DisplayArticle899635.html (1776 words)

	Lowcountry NOW: Obituaries - Obituaries for Oct. 27, 2002 10/27/02
		Frank Riggins, 77, died early Saturday morning at his residence after an extended illness.
		Howard W. "Jack" Godley, 72, husband of Loraine Thomas Godley, died Saturday morning in the Hampton Regional Medical Center, after an extended illness.
		Godley was born March 7, 1930, the son of the late Jade Russell Godley and Henrietta Connelly Godley, at Oaks Plantation St. Helena Island, SC.
	www.lowcountrynow.com /stories/102702/OBITSindex.shtml (2244 words)

	charliechaninpanama
		A seaplane lands in Panama City (the city of spies) and an American Secret Agent named Godley embarks to give Charlie Chan, working in disguise as a Panama hat maker, some info on who might be the elusive Ryner -- a dangerous spy whom no one has seen before.
		Charlie working with his goofy Number Two Son, Jimmy, suspects that Ryner must be one of the passengers on the seaplane.
		Charlie reasons that it had to be someone on the plane who switched cigarette packs with Godley.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/charliechaninpanama.htm (292 words)

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