Basic Details
Surname
Oddy
Forenames
Joe
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler are the source of all extra detail on service, burial, etc. They give his date of death as the 21st not the 19th. He was the son of Ezra and Hannah, a clerk in the Halifax County Court for 6 years before enlisting in January 1917, being killed by shellfire. He is also commemorated on the St Matthew's, Northowram memorial (IWM 29427) and on the WW1 memorial at his school, Hipperholme Grammar (IWM 2822).
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Hedeauville
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
July
Day of death
19
Age at death
21
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action