[1] By 1911 the family had moved from Kempston to Willington in Bedfordshire[4] and William Godber was educated at Bedford Modern School.

[6] The partnership was dissolved in 1935 after which Godber continued to carry on the business but trading in his own name.

[6] Godber became an authority on agricultural engineering and sat on many important boards connected with husbandry.

[11][12] Godber was elected Chairman of the Farmers' Club in 1971[1][13] and President of the East of England Agricultural Society in 1975 before being succeeded by John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch.

[14] Godber was also Chairman of the Shuttleworth College, Bedfordshire[15] and, in 1974, was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England in recognition of his services in promoting the objects for which the Society was established.