Overview

• The regiment confirmed the 28-year-old officer’s death and identified her as the first woman commissioned into the Household Cavalry/Life Guards.
• Commanding officer Lt Col Tom Armitage praised her as a talented, resourceful and compassionate leader whose loss leaves a huge void in the unit.
• Friends told reporters she was involved in a car collision in Surrey on Friday night while driving home, with no official investigation updates publicly detailed.
• Godwin earned the Sword of Honour at Sandhurst and a medal in the demanding Cambrian Patrol competition during a rapid rise through the ranks.
• She took part in the Queen’s funeral and the King’s Coronation and was most recently posted to the Army Training Regiment in Pirbright, as the regiment asked for privacy for her family and friends.