Robert Grosso Godson

Present at the capture of Cetawayo

Last year I discovered that, on the website www.keynshamlighthorse.com, there is a photograph of the obelisk marking the grave in Brompton Cemetery of Captain Robert Grosso Godson of the 1st Kings Dragoon Guards. Capt R G Godson (1848-1899) fought in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 – yet another Godson serving in South Africa! He was also a Major in the 3rd Hussars, and in the 1881 census was stationed at the barracks in Colchester (just a few miles from where I live).

also Major Godson of the 3rd Hussars had an accident while hunting in 1888 with the South Cheshire hounds, was judging horses in Limerick in 1887

...............London gazette April 16..ppA2

3rd Hussars, Captain Robert Grosso. Godson, from the 1st Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice G. E. Rogers, who exchanges. Dated 17th April, 1880.

...........Edinburgh Gazette may 10 1870..pp538..........

16th Foot—Lieutenant Sir John Eae Reid, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eiddall Morrison, who retires. Dated 7th May 1870. Ensign Robert Grosso Godson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Sir J. R. Reid, Dart, Dated 7th May 1870.