Elizabeth Godwin

Captain Elizabeth Helen Godwin (7 February 1997 – 5 September 2025) was a British Army officer in the Household Cavalry. She was the first woman to commission into The Life Guards, becoming an officer in the regiment in 2020.

Early life and education Born on 7 February 1997, Godwin grew up in Devon. She came from a military family and her grandfather, who served in the British Army, was stationed in Egypt, Gibraltar, and India. After Exeter, she completed her A-levels at Trent College. Godwin was awarded an army scholarship and a spot at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Women were first permitted to join the regiment in 2017.

As an officer, she commanded vehicles patrolling across Dartmoor and led her platoon on exercises in Gibraltar.

In 2023, Godwin led an escort of forty-seven soldiers and thirty-three horses for Anne, Princess Royal at CHIO Aachen in Germany.