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Five: Captain F. J. Godwin-Williams

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500 £ - 600 £
ca. 899 $ - 1.078 $
Zuschlagspreis:
550 £
ca. 988 $
Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1472

Five: Captain F. J. Godwin-Williams

Schätzpreis
500 £ - 600 £
ca. 899 $ - 1.078 $
Zuschlagspreis:
550 £
ca. 988 $
Beschreibung:

Five: Captain F. J. Godwin-Williams, Royal West Surrey Regiment, late Colonial Forces, Imperial Yeomanry and Essex Regiment, and onetime attached 3rd Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, South Africa 1901 (Lieut., 4/Imp. Yeo.), single initial ‘F.’; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Con., Natal Police), initials ‘F. J. G.’ and surname ‘Williams’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Att. 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), dated clasp on the first loose on riband and the first two with contact wear and severe edge bruising, nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (5) £500-600 Footnote Fredrick James Godwin Williams enlisted in the 1st Imperial Light Horse as a Trooper in January 1900, having earlier deserted from the Cape Mounted Rifles. Having then transferred to the Imperial Yeomanry, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in No. 6 Company of the 4th Battalion, varied regimental service that qualified him for the above described Queen’s South Africa Medal & clasps, including the scarce combination of “Relief of Mafeking” and “Relief of Ladysmith” (sold with copied medal roll verification). Remaining in South Africa at the end of hostilities, Godwin-Williams enlisted in the Natal Police at Durban in January 1906, his subsequent employment being in the “Water Police” until discharged in January 1909. Appointed a Temporary Lieutenant in November 1914, on attachment to the 3rd Dragoon Guards, he went out to France at the end of the year, where his regiment formed part of 6th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Shortly thereafter, however, he transferred to the Essex Regiment, being appointed a Temporary Captain in October 1915 and posted to the 1st Battalion in June 1916 - thereby most probably in time to witness active service on the Somme and in the Ypres salient. Godwin-Williams next transferred to the 16th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, in November of the latter year, and, in March 1917, assumed command of the regimental depot’s Argicultural Company. Sadly, however, he found himself unable to cope with the scale of administration required to run the latter unit efficiently, its strength increasing from about 500 to 1250 men in a matter of months - sudden growth that resulted in many of his men being loaned to farmers outside his immediate district. Having several times requested assistance, especially with accounting work, he was finally allocated a Regimental Paymaster, but the latter found the relevant books to be way out of date and blemished with numerous inconsistencies. Accordingly, a Court of Enquiry was assembled in December 1917 and, though it was recognised that Godwin-Williams had been faced with ‘very great difficulties ... with no previous experience and an untrained staff’, still found him solely responsible for the shortfall in funds. But by now the defendant’s health was in rapid decline, so it was decided not to bring him to trial by Court Martial, but rather to enforce the relinquishment of his commission on grounds of ill-health, an action duly confirmed in the London Gazette in May 1918. And when, in November of the same year, Godwin-Wiliams died of a heart condition and influenza, the authorities confiscated his war gratuity to go towards the deficit found in the accounts of his late command, even though such action most probably left his widow destitute. He was 40 years of age and is buried in Peterborough Old Cemetery.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1472
Auktion:
Datum:
25.09.2008
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
Beschreibung:

Five: Captain F. J. Godwin-Williams, Royal West Surrey Regiment, late Colonial Forces, Imperial Yeomanry and Essex Regiment, and onetime attached 3rd Dragoon Guards Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Relief of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Relief of Mafeking, Transvaal, Tugela Heights, South Africa 1901 (Lieut., 4/Imp. Yeo.), single initial ‘F.’; Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (Con., Natal Police), initials ‘F. J. G.’ and surname ‘Williams’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Att. 3/D. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.), dated clasp on the first loose on riband and the first two with contact wear and severe edge bruising, nearly very fine, the remainder good very fine (5) £500-600 Footnote Fredrick James Godwin Williams enlisted in the 1st Imperial Light Horse as a Trooper in January 1900, having earlier deserted from the Cape Mounted Rifles. Having then transferred to the Imperial Yeomanry, he was commissioned as a Lieutenant in No. 6 Company of the 4th Battalion, varied regimental service that qualified him for the above described Queen’s South Africa Medal & clasps, including the scarce combination of “Relief of Mafeking” and “Relief of Ladysmith” (sold with copied medal roll verification). Remaining in South Africa at the end of hostilities, Godwin-Williams enlisted in the Natal Police at Durban in January 1906, his subsequent employment being in the “Water Police” until discharged in January 1909. Appointed a Temporary Lieutenant in November 1914, on attachment to the 3rd Dragoon Guards, he went out to France at the end of the year, where his regiment formed part of 6th Cavalry Brigade, 3rd Cavalry Division. Shortly thereafter, however, he transferred to the Essex Regiment, being appointed a Temporary Captain in October 1915 and posted to the 1st Battalion in June 1916 - thereby most probably in time to witness active service on the Somme and in the Ypres salient. Godwin-Williams next transferred to the 16th Battalion, Royal West Surrey Regiment, in November of the latter year, and, in March 1917, assumed command of the regimental depot’s Argicultural Company. Sadly, however, he found himself unable to cope with the scale of administration required to run the latter unit efficiently, its strength increasing from about 500 to 1250 men in a matter of months - sudden growth that resulted in many of his men being loaned to farmers outside his immediate district. Having several times requested assistance, especially with accounting work, he was finally allocated a Regimental Paymaster, but the latter found the relevant books to be way out of date and blemished with numerous inconsistencies. Accordingly, a Court of Enquiry was assembled in December 1917 and, though it was recognised that Godwin-Williams had been faced with ‘very great difficulties ... with no previous experience and an untrained staff’, still found him solely responsible for the shortfall in funds. But by now the defendant’s health was in rapid decline, so it was decided not to bring him to trial by Court Martial, but rather to enforce the relinquishment of his commission on grounds of ill-health, an action duly confirmed in the London Gazette in May 1918. And when, in November of the same year, Godwin-Wiliams died of a heart condition and influenza, the authorities confiscated his war gratuity to go towards the deficit found in the accounts of his late command, even though such action most probably left his widow destitute. He was 40 years of age and is buried in Peterborough Old Cemetery.

Auktionsarchiv: Los-Nr. 1472
Auktion:
Datum:
25.09.2008
Auktionshaus:
Dix Noonan Webb
16 Bolton St, Mayfair
London, W1J 8BQ
Großbritannien und Nordirland
auctions@dnw.co.uk
+44 (0)20 7016 1700
+44 (0)20 7016 1799
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