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