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General Sir Alexander John Godley, GCB, KCMG (4 February 1867 – 6 March 1957) was a senior British Army officer. He is best known for his role as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force and II Anzac Corps during the First World War .
Jul 26, 2024 · The attack left 2735 New Zealanders dead, wounded or missing; the German network of barbed wire, well covered by machine-guns, was almost as intact at dusk as it had been at dawn. Godley remained responsible for the overall command of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force until November 1919.
Apr 20, 2020 · General Alexander Godley (1867-1957) commanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. At Gallipoli, he was in charge of the New Zealand and Australian Division that landed on 25 April 1915.
General Alexander Godley commanded the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. At Gallipoli, he was in charge of the New Zealand and Australian Division that landed on 25 April 1915.
Major-General Alexander Godley was the commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force throughout the war. In the Gallipoli campaign this was combined with Australian formations to form the New Zealand and Australian Division and a key kernel of the Anzac formation.
Alexander John Godley was born on 4 February 1867 at Gillingham, Kent, England, the son of William Alexander Godley, a captain in the British Army, and his wife, Laura Greaves Bird. He was the nephew of John Robert Godley, founder of the Canterbury settlement.
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Nov 1, 2018 · A comprehensive biography of General Sir Alexander Godley, presenting for the first time a fair and balanced look at his time as commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) and II...
Dec 17, 2018 · Have you heard of General Sir Alexander Godley? He was a British Army officer and one of the military commanders often said to have been one of the 'bumbling fools' responsible for the military disaster at Gallipoli. Does he deserve that reputation? Military historian Terry Kinloch on his new book Godley - The Man Behind the Myth. Image Details.
"This is the first full biography of General Sir Alexander Godley, the British commander of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) during World War I. Terry Kinloch takes care to present a fair and balanced look at a man generally considered to have been a poor field commander and one usually blamed for failures at Gallipoli and ...
Studio portrait of General (Gen) Sir Alexander Godley, KCMG, KCB, CB. Born in England, in 1910 Godley was sent as a temporary Major General to train a new military force in New Zealand; he was highly successful in this role, which he filled until the outbreak of the First World War.
