Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard

Captain Nichola Kathleen Sarah Goddard of the 1st Regiment Royal Canadian Horse Artillery was killed in action, Wednesday, May 17, 2006, in the Panjway district, Kandahar, Afghanistan.

Nichola was born on May 2, 1980, in Madang, Papua New Guinea. Nichola is mourned by her husband, Jason Beam, of Shilo, Manitoba; her parents Tim and Sally Goddard; and sisters Victoria and Kate, of Calgary, Alberta; grandparents Betty Goddardand the late Anthony Goddard (Llangwnnadl, North Wales) and Michael and Kathleen West (Sault Ste Marie, Ontario). On her father's side, uncles Simon (Heather) Goddard, Aberdaron, North Wales; Paul (Janet, Rachel, Jack), Rainham, Kent; Patrick, Colwyn Bay, North Wales; and Michael (Corinne, Sebastian), Croydon, Surrey. On her mother's side, aunts Elizabeth (David, Alistair, Andrew), Winnipeg, Manitoba; Alison (Jeff, Luke, Clare, Sophie), Arnprior, Ontario; Hilary (Patrick, Sarah, Hannah, Rebecca, Patrick Jr.), Clarksburg, West Virginia; and Fiona (Bill, Tess), Doha, Qatar. Nichola leaves many relatives, Friends and colleagues around the world, all of whom she touched with her laughter and her smile.

If Friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to the Captain Nichola K.S. Goddard Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o The Faculty of Education, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4.

With apologies to Leonard Cohen: With Nichola gone Whose smile to compare To the morning sun. Not that we did compare But we do compare Now that she's gone. In living memory of Captain Nichola Goddard a tree will be planted at Fish Creek Provincial Park.