Philip Thomas Godsal
Major Philip Thomas Godsal (1850–1925), was a Welsh soldier, landowner, marksman, historian and inventor of a gun mechanism.
He was born at Plas Fron,
Marksmanship
Godsal started his military career in 1869 with the
Rifle Design
Godsal's interests were however not limited to shooting, he was also interested in the design of guns,
Historical works
A keen historian Godsal was the author of several books, including The Storming of London and the Thames Valley Campaign a Military Study of the Conquest of Britain By the Angles. This book set out to prove that the Teutonic invaders of Britain had seized London after the
Subsequent works included Woden's, Grim's and Offa's Dykes (1913) and Mona Badonicus, the battle of Bath (1914) Later in life Godsal also wrote The Conquests of Ceawlin, The second Bretwalda, where he charted the arrival of the West Saxons through to the fall of
Family
In 1879 Godsal married Ellen Henrietta Parke
Other
Godsal was a magistrate and was appointed High Sheriff of Flintshire in 1901.[9]
Books and pamphlets
- The Great Rifle Problem: How to Make a Breech Mechanism For Small Arms- Publisher Eton: R Ingelton Drake, London: Simpkin Marshall & Co 1890.
- The Storming of London and the Thames Valley Campaign a Military Study of the Conquest of Britain By the Angles - Publisher, Harrison & Sons. 1908
- Woden's, Grim's and Offa's Dykes 1913
- Mona Badonicus, the battle of Bath 1914
- Conquests of Ceawlin, The second Bretwalda- Publisher, John Murray, 1924
References
- ^ Slough, Eton and Windsor Observer Page 4, 2 May 1925
- ^ Imperial War Museum Collections http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30032196 accessed January 2015
- ^ The Search for the Best. The Other ‘Enfield’ Rifle of 1913, Graham Priest, The Journal of the Small Arms School Corps, 2009
- ^ The First Bullpups, Ernest Ashworth, http://homepage.ntlworld.com/ernest.ashworth/first_bullpups.htm accessed January 2015
- ^ Contemporary Review, Colman Rebecca, 1 April 1997
- ^ Kelly's Handbook To The Titled, Landed and Official Classes, 1909
- ^ Llangollen Advertiser 6 September 1918
- ^ Llangollen Advertiser 12 January 1917
- ^ "No. 27293". The London Gazette. 17 March 1901. p. 1760.
- Times Obituaries 25 April 1925