ODELL, George Henry

Portsmouth Naval Memorial, UKCredit: CWGC

Stoker 1st Class
HMS Queen Mary - Battlecruiser
Royal Navy

George was born on the 22nd of January 1891 in Newport to Hamlett & Mary Ann Catherine (nee FORD) ODELL who were living at ‘Hursley’, Wilton Road in Shanklin around the time of George’s death. The family had previously lived at 3 Beaconsfield Terrace, Victoria Road in Newport.

On the 31st of May 1916, the Queen Mary was sunk during the Battle of Jutland with the loss of all but 9 of her complement of 1266 officers & ratings. George, aged 25, was one of those lost; his body was never recovered & so he is commemorated by the Commission upon the Portsmouth Naval Memorial to those Lost at Sea together with over 10,000 of his First World War shipmates.

George is also remembered on the County & Shanklin War Memorials. His brother Arthur William also fell in The Great War.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.