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VC297   William Odgers

BORN   11 February 1834

DIED   20 December 1873  AGE   39

VC Won  28 March 1860   AGE   26

Place VC Won   Omata, New Zealand

War/Campaign  Taranaki Maori War

Name   William Odgers   No.    

VC Issue No.   297   Awards   VC   

Regiment   Royal Navy

Later   

Now   

Rank VC Won   Leading Seaman

Rank End Of Career   Quartermaster (Coast Guard Service)

Place Of Birth   Falmouth, Cornwall, England

Place Of Death   Union Inn, Saltash, Cornwall, England

Buried/Location Ashes   St Stephen by Saltash Parish Churchyard, St Stephens Hill, Saltash, Cornwall

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   

Gazetted   3 August 1860

VC Presented   23 July 1862 by Commander in Chief Plymouth, Admiral Sir H Stewart at Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England

Memorials

P  Headstone, St Stephen by Saltash Parish Churchyard, St Stephens Hill, Saltash, Cornwall

By The Way…

Headstone not on location of grave as all stones moved to form a circle

VC Held By

Sheesh Mahal Museum, Patialla, India

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