Today marks the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, reminding me of John 'Jack' Godwin, former pupil of
@StJohnsSurrey A Marconi wireless operator at Cape Race, for many years he was believed to be the man who received the first distress signal from the ship..1

More recently claims have been made that the signal was actually picked up by a 14 year old boy, while Jack was away from his post. Others more au fait with the story may have views on this one way or another. What I do know is that in February 1915 Jack signed up in Canada..2

He arrived in England in May and sought a Commission with the British Army, joining the Royal Sussex Regt. He went to France in March 1916, posted to the 7th Battalion. On 7 July he was killed in action in an attack on German lines east of Ovillers...3