Bryan Godfrey-Faussett - First World War and After

First World War and After

During the First World War, Godfrey-Faussett returned to active service aboard HMS Thistle in 1914, and served as naval aide-de-camp to the King from 1915 until 1918, as well as a brief stint in the Paravane Department in 1917. This period brought him into contact with Admiral Beatty, made First Sea Lord in 1916 after the Battle of Jutland. Unfortunately, Beatty's marriage was failing disastrously at the time, and the result was to be a decade-long love affair between Beatty and Eugénie. After the war, in 1919, he was promoted KCVO.

Godfrey-Faussett continued to serve as Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George until the monarch's death in 1936, receiving a promotion on 1 January 1932 to GCVO. During the reign of Edward VIII, he left his post as Equerry-in-Ordinary to become an Extra Equerry, on 21 July 1936. He would remain an Extra Equerry to Edward VIII and George VI until his death in 1945.

During the First World War, he served in HMS Thistle, 1914, and acted as Naval Equerry to King George V, 1915-18. He also worked for a short period in the Paravane Department of the Admiralty, 1917. He continued as Equerry-in-Ordinary to King George V and King Edward VIII and as Extra Equerry to King George VI until his death on 20 September 1945. He was survived by his elder son George; his younger son, David, one of the Swordfish pilots who attacked the Bismarck, was killed in 1942 when he flew into the sea during a night flight.