Williams, GEN

(1894 - 1915)

Key Facts

DATE OF BIRTH:

28th January 1894

YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:

1907 - 1911

HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:

Strathmore, St. Catharine's Road, Littlehampton

REGIMENT

13th Kensington Battalion, London Regiment

FINAL RANK:

Private

DATE OF DEATH:

9th May 1915

AGE AT DEATH:

WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)

Aubers Ridge

LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:

Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez. XV M 37

Private Godfrey Eric Nelson Williams

Born 28^th January 1894, Herbert was a keen student throughout his attendance in Dulwich College. He regularly played for the 4^th XV, and was a member of the school choir. Before the war Herbert was under employment of the Peninsular Oriental steamship company, until the outbreak of war led him to enlist in the 13th Kensington Battalion London Regiment. He sailed with the regiment for France on November 3^rd, 1914, and was first in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle on March 9^th, 1915.
Herbert was a well-respected and beloved throughout his entire Battalion, who knew him as ‘The General’ on account of his initials. He was killed in action in an attack on Aubers Ridge on May 9^th, 1915.