Major Henry Edmund Odell

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Major Henry Edmund Odell

Birthdate:
Death: September 18, 1864 (75-76)
Clontarf, Dublin City, Dublin, Ireland
Immediate Family:

Son of Col Thomas Thomas Odell and Sarah Elizabeth Odell
Husband of Margaret O'Dell and Elizabeth Odell
Father of Sarah Brisbane O'Dell; Henry Edward O'Dell; Alice Armstrong; Robert Wolseley Odell and Eliza Warren Pratt
Brother of Jane Baylee Bayley Abbot; Vere O'Dell; William Odell; Major Thomas Odell; Catherine Thornhill Roche Carmichael and 2 others

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About Major Henry Edmund Odell

  • St Helena Regiment
  • He fought in the Peninsular War (1807-1814) with the Military General Service Medal issued to him in 1847 for military service from 1793 to 1814.
  • The Peninsular Medal was issued retrospectively by Queen Victoria on 1 June 1847 for 29 battles or actions encompassing the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the Anglo-American War spanning from 1793-1814.
  • Major Henry Edward O'Dell's medal has nine clasps for the nine battles he fought in; Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Cuidad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle and Nive. He was wounded at the Battle of Salamanca.
  • In 1815 he was ordered home due to injuries received at Salamanca.

Middle name reported as 'Edmund' @ http://www.thepeerage.com/p25379.htm#i253785

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Major Henry Edmund Odell's Timeline

1788
1788
1824
1824
1831
December 9, 1831
Cork, Cork City, Cork, Ireland
1833
June 2, 1833
Cork, Cork City, Cork, Ireland
1837
November 25, 1837
Gibraltar
1847
1847
Ballingarry, South Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland
1864
September 18, 1864
Age 76
Clontarf, Dublin City, Dublin, Ireland