The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Private P. J. Godwin, 21st Middlesex (Finsbury) Rifle Volunteers and City of London Imperial Volunteers, later Royal West Surrey Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (1017 Pte. P. Godwin. C.I.V.); British War and Victory Medals (50951 A.Cpl. P. J. Godwin. The Queen’s R.) good very fine (3) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Philip John Godwin was born in Clerkenwell, London in 1877. A warehouseman by occupation, he enlisted into the 21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (the Finsbury Rifles) on 22 February 1898 and served with their detachment in South Africa during the Boer War in the Infantry Battalion of the City Imperial Volunteers. His brother Richard also served in the Finsbury Rifles and in the C.I.V. (draft of reinforcements).

During the Great War, Godwin attested for the 9th Reserve Battalion, London Regiment on 20 May 1916 and was mobilized on 3 February 1917, transferring to the 28th Labour Company, 4th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), and served with them on the Western Front. He was discharged, Class Z, on 23 March 1919.