Tributes to Army officer Elizabeth

FIRST FEMALE OFFICER IN THE LIFE GUARDS

- By HERALD REPORTER

TRIBUTES have been paid to a “trailblazing” young Army officer from Devon who has been killed in a car crash.

Captain Elizabeth Godwin, 28, the first female officer of the Life Guards, part of the Household Cavalry, died in Surrey last Friday.

Her Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Tom Armitage, paying tribute, said she was “talented, resourceful and compassionate”.

He said: “History may record Lizzie as the first female officer in the Army’s most senior regiment, but I know she would want to be recalled simply as a tough and talented young officer doing her utmost to serve King and country and to lead and inspire soldiers.

“Her sudden and untimely death leaves a huge void for all of us in the Household Cavalry family and she will be remembered by us all as a lively, fun and dynamic officer with a very bright future ahead of her.”