John Henry Godson
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John Henry Godson was the son of Edwin and Mary Jane Godson (née Staniland) of Weston village, Nottinghamshire. His father Edwin Godson was born in 1853 at Weston and his mother Mary Jane Staniland was born in 1863 at Egmanton, Nottinghamshire. They were married in 1882 (reg. Nottingham) and went on to have 10 children, sadly three were to die in infancy or early childhood. The surviving children were John Henry b1883, George b1885, Alice b1887, Richard b1889, Levina b1893, Herbert b1897 and Emily b1899. All were born in Weston. In the 1911 census his parents were living in Weston village and shown as Edwin 58 yrs a bricklayer, his wife Mary Jane 48 yrs and their daughter Emily 12 yrs. Three of his brothers served and returned.
Formerly 15828 York and Lancaster Regiment He was killed on 23 March 1916 and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France (grave ref. II. B. 19). CWGC - History of Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (extract): 'Bailleul was occupied on 14 October 1914 by the 19th Brigade and the 4th Division. It became an important railhead, air depot and hospital centre, with the 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 11th, 53rd, 1st Canadian and 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Stations quartered in it for considerable periods. It was a Corps headquarters until July 1917, when it was severely bombed and shelled, and after the Battle of Bailleul (13-15 April 1918), it fell into German hands and was not retaken until 30 August 1918. The earliest Commonwealth burials at Bailleul were made at the east end of the communal cemetery and in April 1915, when the space available had been filled, the extension was opened on the east side of the cemetery. The extension was used until April 1918, and again in September, and after the Armistice graves were brought in from the neighbouring battlefields and the following burial grounds [listed].' (www.cwgc.org)
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