What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Pte Sidney Godley 1889-1957 Awarded the first V.C. of the Great War 23rd August 1914 Lived here Recorded plaque organisation: Loughton Town Council.
Pte. Sidney Godley was awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain’s highest military honor, for his bravery during the First World War; he is remembered as the recipient of the first VC of that conflict on August 23, 1914.
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