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Edward Inman Codd

Service Number 455250
Military Unit 21st Bn Canadian Infantry
Date of birth 14 Mar 1888
Date of Death 09 Apr 1917 (29 Years Old)
Place of Birth Normanby Yorkshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies In 1911 he was a railway engine fireman for the Midland Railway.
Family History

He was the son of John William Codd, a green grocer from Normanby Yorkshire and Emma Codd who was born at Conningsby, Lincolnshire. He was the brother of Elizabeth (b.1890) and Charles (b.1896) Codd. By 1911 he was lodging at ‘Hughes Villas’, Welbeck Street, Kirkby in Ashfield (East Kirkby) Nottinghamshire before moving to 23 Midland Crescent, Meadows, Nottingham. He was the husband of Mabel Helen Codd. At some point he had emigrated to Canada and enlisted there 3/8/1915.

Military History

Eastern Ontario Regiment Codd was killed during the Canadian advance through the Easter snow to take Vimy Ridge on 09/04/1917.

Extra Information

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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