Was at the battle of Toulon, with Admirals Matthews and Lostock, on board said ship _Bedford_, then commanded by George Townsend.

Was at the taking of several rich ships off the Island of Malta, which ships and their cargoes were afterward restored to the Genoese.

Continued in the navy till the peace of Utretch, and for sometime subsequently.
Afterward, a warrant being procured, attended the Royal Academy at Woolwich as a gentleman cadet, in which station was allowed to remain till 1755.

Received a commission, and was appointed to the 52nd foot, by the recommendation of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, who was afterwards pleased to recommend me for a Lieutenancy, and a few years later my friends procured for me a Captaincy." [1]Captain Godfrey returned to England on board a transport from Quebec.
This young officer appears to have been highly respected by the different Generals and Field Officers under whom he had served.

He was presented, shortly after his arrival in England, with a certificate of character, signed by Lieut.-Genl.