Private Archibald Odell
Rank or Title
Date of Birth
6 May 1885
Date of Death
4 Jan 1922
Medals Awarded
Place of Birth
52 North Street
Luton
World War I Address
69 North Street
Luton
Place of Death
69 North Street
Luton
Grave Location
United Kingdom
Soldier or Civilian
- Soldier
Archibald (Archie) Odell was an older brother of my paternal grandmother (he was my great-uncle). He was enlisted at St Albans into the 24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regt. (The Queen's) on 4 September 1914, aged 29. He was posted as a Private (Army No. 2531) with the Expeditionary Force to France on 15 March 1915, but was wounded by a gunshot wound to the throat on 25 May 1915, and sent back to UK on 5 June 1915. He was discharged from the Army on 11 February 1916.
He died, aged 36, at the family home of 69 North Street, Luton, on 4 January 1922, as a result of a 'flu epidemic and TB.
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