O’Dowd, Charles –

Brother of Mrs. Connell, of 6, St. John Street, Bolton, Lancashire. Served 12 years in the Sherwood Foresters, including 10 years in India. A signaller. Champion featherweight boxer for the Army. Killed by a shell along with another man.

Personal details

  • Surname: O'Dowd
  • Forename: Charles
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Bootle, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: October 5th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Unit: 2nd (Regular) Battalion.
  • Service number: 8642
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Liverpool, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: Not known
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  • CWGC reference: Panel 39 and 41.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 22/10/1915 19/11/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6h* 10i*

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