Edward Inman Codd
In 1911 he was a railway engine fireman for the Midland Railway.
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Edward Inman Codd was born in 1888 at Normanby, Yorkshire, he was the son of John William Codd, a green grocer from Normanby Yorkshire and Emma Codd née Ackrill
His father John William was born in 1860 at Eston, Yorkshire, his mother Emma Ackrill who was born in 1868 at Conningsby, Lincolnshire they were married in 1887 at Middlesborough, he was the brother of Elizabeth (b.1890) and Charles (b.1896) Codd.
By the 1911 census he was lodging at ‘Hughes Villas’, Welbeck Street, Kirkby in Ashfield (East Kirkby) Nottinghamshire he was 23 yrs old and was a railway engine fireman, before moving to 23 Midland Crescent, Meadows, Nottingham.
He was the husband of Mabel Helen Denman (born 1880 at Nottingham) they were married in 1916 at Nottingham she lived at 23 Midland Crescent, Meadwos, Nottingham.
At some point he had emigrated to Canada and enlisted there on 3rd August 1915.
Private Edward Inman Codd enlisted in Canada into the Eastern Ontario Regiment whilst living at Lindsay, Ontario, Canada
He was killed during the Canadian advance through the Easter snow to take Vimy Ridge on 9th April 1917, he is buried at Thelus Military Cemetery, France.
Nottingham Evening Post In Memoriam 9/4/1919:
'Codd. In loving remembrance of my dear husband. Pte. E T (sic) Codd (Ted), Canadian Expeditionary Forces who was killed in action April 9th 1917. Sweet is the memory of one so dear.'
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Photo of Edward Inman Codd
Codd Edward Inman grave at Thelus Military Cemetery, France courtesy of the Canadian Nation archive website.