John Godwin (military)

John Godwin (military)

British Sub-Lieutenant John Godwin, RNVR (died February 2, 1945) was brought up in Argentina, and took part in a raid on Axis shipping near Haugesund, north of Stavanger, Norway. His party managed to sink several ships using limpet mines, but he was eventually captured with the rest of his party, a commando sergeant, two Naval Petty Officers and three seamen. After spending some time in Grini prison near Oslo, they were sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp, where contrary to the Geneva Convention they were forced to march thirty miles a day on cobbles testing army boots.

On February 2, 1945 they were led to execution. Godwin managed to wrestle the pistol of the firing party commander from his belt and shot him dead before being himself shot. No superior officer witnessed this act so a decoration could not be awarded, however his bravery was mentioned in dispatches.Fact|date=September 2008

Sources

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2463980 CWGC entry]
* Foot & Langley 1979 "MI9 - Escape and Evasion 1939 - 1945", London, Book Club Associates, London, 1979 pp. 154,155 ISBN 0-316-28840-3
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