Private Harold Godwin, son of Samuel John and Mary Godwin, of Stoke-on-Trent, served with 11th Parachute Battalion, and took part in the Battle of Arnhem, during Op Market Garden.Private Godwin drowned during the attempt to cross the Lower Rhone during the Evacuation on the British 1st Airborne Division. He died on 25 September 1944, aged 21 years old. His Body was recovered from the River Lek on 15 November 1944,and subsequently buried in Wijk-bij-Duurstede General Cemetery, Utrecht.

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