Private Godfrey

Portrayed By Arnold Ridley

"Private Charles Godfrey never did very much at all, except for a period during the first World War when, as a stretcher bearer in France, he won the military medal. He never wears it because he feels it would embarrass Captain Mainwaring, who hasn't got any medals. "

"Godfrey worked for Forty-five years in the gents outfitting at the Army and Navy stores, and returned to live in a small cottage with his two spinster sisters, Dolly and Cissy, at Walmington-on-Sea. As Mainwaring says, he's a useful man to have in a scrap, but he's not very good at running about, and he needs to be excused at times."

"However, he carries the first aid Kit, and is nearly always on hand to attend to wasp stings and other hazards of war."

Jimmy Perry & David Croft from "Dads Army" (Elm Tree Books 1975).