General Sir William Wellington Godfrey, KCB, CMG (2 April 1880 – 18 May 1952) was a Royal Marines officer who served as Adjutant-General Royal Marines.
Educated at Dulwich College,[1] Godfrey was commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery on 1 September 1898.
[2] Godfrey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1912,[3] scoring 15 runs in the match.
[4] He served on the staff of Captain John de Robeck for the evacuation from Gallipoli in January 1916 during the First World War.
[5] He went on to be Assistant Adjutant-General Royal Marines in 1930,[6] Commandant of the Portsmouth Division Royal Marines in 1930 and Adjutant-General Royal Marines in October 1936 before retiring in October 1939.