Lance Corporal John Walter Odell
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
1883
Date of Death
24 Apr 1918
War time / or Pre War occupation
General labourer
Employer
Luton Gas Works
Regiment
Service Number
32944
Place of Birth
Hemel Hempstead
World War I Address
14 Wimbourne Road
Luton
Place of Death
France
Grave Location
France
War Memorial Location
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
L-Cpl John Walter Odell, 32944, 7th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, was killed in action in France on April 24th, 1918. His death seems not to have been reported in the local Press.
Born in Hemel Hempstead in 1883, he had married Lizzie Impey in Luton in 1902 and lived at 14 Wimbourne Road, Luton. Records suggest the couple had six children.
At the time of the 1911 Census he was a general labourer at the Luton Gas Works in Dunstable Road.
Individual Location
Author: Deejaya
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