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Albert ODDY
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Albert ODDY 1 2
- Born: Abt 1893, Fryerning, Essex 1 2
- Died: 26 Jun 1916, Iraq aged about 23 3
- Buried: Panel 4 and 61, Basra Memorial, Basra, Iraq 3
 Cause of his death was Killed in action.
Medical Notes:
His body was not recovered and he is remembered in the Basra Memorial which commemorates more that 40,500 Commonwealth soldiers who died in Mesopotamia between 1914 and 1921 and whose graves are unknown. 3
Events
• On 31 Mar 1901 he appeared on the census at Beggar Hill, Fryerning, Essex as an eight-year-old. 1
• On 2 Apr 1911 Albert appeared on the census at the Royal Artillery Barracks East Side and other Buildings, Woolwich, Kent as a 19-year-old gunner in the 24th (Heavy) battery R.G.A. 2
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Sources
1
1901 Census of England, Ingatestone and Fryerning, folio 139, page 3, William Oddy; digital images(www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 2 Nov 2012); citing PRO RG 13/1669.
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1911 Census of England and Wales, Woolwich Common, Royal Artillery Barracks East Side And Other Buildings; digital images(www.findmypast.co.uk/ : accessed 5 Nov 2012); citing RG 78, RG 14 PN 2881, registration district (RD) 30 (Woolwich), sub district (SD) 2 (Woolwich), enumeration district (ED) 26, schedule number (SN) 9999.
3
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, "Casualties in the two World Wars," database (http://www.cwgc.org : accessed 5 Nov 2012), Albert Oddy, 32959, Gunner.
