 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Godwin akagadzwa saMufundisi mu9th Foot musi wa30 Gumiguru 1799. Akashanda ne regiment paFerrol muna 1800 uye akasimudzirwa kuva Lieutenant musi wa 9 Nyamavhuvhu 1803. Muhondo yokuHanover muna 1805 akashanda somubatsiri webato rake. Muna 1808, pakatanga Hondo yePeninsular, Godwin akanga ari muPortugal uye akasimudzirwa kuva Captain musi wa 28 March 1808. Gore rakatevera racho akabatanidzwa mumibato paDouro uye mukufambira mberi kuPorto, ipapo akafamba neboka rake kuGibraltar uye gare gare kuTarifa. Akazvipira kutevera Blayney mukurwisa Fuengirola uye gare gare akatungamira makambani maviri paKukombwa kweCadiz. Akarwa pakudzivirirwa kweTarifa muna 1811, akakuvara zvakaipisisa muhondo yeBarrosamusi wa 5 Kurume 1811, uye akapedza hondo semukuru mukuru uye mushandi weOrder of the Bath. 