Harry Rowlandson Godfrey

Vice-Admiral (retired) Harry Rowlandson Godfrey, C.B., D.S.O. (11 October, 1875 – 17 February, 1947) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1898.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1909.

Godfrey was appointed in command of the destroyer Beagle on 1 February, 1913.

Great War

Godfrey showed great courage in sweeping mines and patrolling inside the Dardanelles and in assisting the embarcation at Cata Telex on April 25/26, 1915.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1915.

Godfrey was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Vampire on 2 October, 1917.

Post-War

On 4 November, 1919, Godfrey was appointed for temporary duties in the Training & Staff Duties Division to write a destroyer manual. This was done outside the Admiralty and the work extended into 1920, but the rest of the date is not legible. In January, 1921 he was taking a Senior Officers' Technical Course.

He was appointed in command of the battleship Valiant in November, 1924.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 6 August, 1926 and placed on the Retired List the following day at his own request.

Godfrey was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 2 April, 1931.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Geoffrey B. Spicer-Simson	Captain of H.M.S. Charger 3 Jan, 1905 – 29 Aug, 1905	Succeeded by Christopher P. Metcalfe
Preceded by Edward Secretan	Captain of H.M.S. Teal 5 Feb, 1907 – 18 Mar, 1910	Succeeded by Henry J. G. Good
Preceded by Lionel J. G. Anderson	Captain of H.M.S. Beagle 3 Feb, 1913 – 15 Sep, 1915	Succeeded by Theodore E. J. Bigg
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Greenwich 15 Feb, 1916 – Mar, 1917	Succeeded by Clement L. Long
Preceded by Walter L. Allen	Captain of H.M.S. Ithuriel Mar, 1917 – c. Oct, 1917	Succeeded by Ernest W. Leir
Preceded by Walter L. Allen	Captain (D), Fourteenth Destroyer Flotilla Mar, 1917 – 11 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Harold P. Henderson
Preceded by Clarence W. E. Trelawny	Captain of H.M.S. Vampire 2 Oct, 1917 – 11 Feb, 1919	Succeeded by Claud F. Allsup
Preceded by Brien M. Money	Captain of H.M.S. Douglas 1 Mar, 1919 – 4 Nov, 1919	Succeeded by George H. Knowles
Preceded by Alan C. Bruce	Captain (D), Seventh Destroyer Flotilla 1 Mar, 1919 – 4 Nov, 1919	Succeeded by Humphrey T. Walwyn
Preceded by Richard G. A. W. Stapleton-Cotton	Captain of H.M.S. Dido 24 Feb, 1921 – 27 Feb, 1923	Succeeded by Brien M. Money
Preceded by David T. Norris	Captain of H.M.S. Valiant 16 Nov, 1924 – after 20 Jan, 1926	Succeeded by Humphrey T. Walwyn