An Army officer who became the first woman to be commissioned into a prestigious cavalry regiment has died in a car crash.
Captain Lizzie Godwin, 28, made history when she took part in state ceremonial duties with the Life Guards.
She played a leading role in the state funeral of Her Late Majesty the Queen and the coronation of His Majesty the King.
The groundbreaking Household Cavalry officer also earned the Sword of Honour as the most impressive officer from her intake at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
A statement on the Household Cavalry’s Facebook page described her as ‘an utterly dedicated officer who worked tirelessly and always for the good of her soldiers’.
