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.
O’Dowd, Charles –
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: Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Liverpool, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- William Walker and Sons Limited WWI Memorial - Bolton
- 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*