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William Odgers, V.C., born in Falmouth, enlisted in the Royal Navy in 1852. In 1860 he was one of the first "other rankers" to win the V.C. established four years earlier, and the first to win it through action in New Zealand. Following a cutlass charge on a stockade at Waireka Hill, Odgers hauled down the Maori colours. Having been invalided out, he served as a licensee at the "Union Inn" until his death in 1873. His Saltash-born widow survived him and his descendants continue to live locally.

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John Henry Martin was born in Camberwell, London. He established his reputation as an artist in Newlyn but moved to Plymouth in 1883 as the Newlyn School became established. He settled in Old Ferry Road, Saltash in 1897 where he painted a number of local scenes depicting the old Saltash Waterside buildings, later destroyed by war and post war redevelopment. Some of his works are held by the town council. He is buried in St. Stephens churchyard.

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Admiral Gordon Campbell won a V.C. while serving in one of World War I's mystery "Q" ships disguised as merchantmen. Campbell allowed a German "U" boat to approach his ship on the surface, then sinking it with his concealed armaments. He also won a D.S.O. with two bars and was held to be one of the most brilliant exponents of this hazardous form of warfare. A Londoner by birth, he made Boisdale House his home for himself and his wife Mary, spending his leaves there with her between 1915 and 1918.

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Admiral Sir Henry Jackson. A pioneer of radio, he established the first ship-to-ship radio communication in 1896-97 while in command of HMS Defiance moored off Wearde Quay, Saltash. His work complemented that of Marconi with whom he compared notes. Born in Yorkshire, Jackson joined the Royal Navy in 1869 and lived here with his wife Alice while at Defiance. He was later appointed first chairman of the Radio Research Board and died in Hampshire in 1929. He lived at Boisdale House, Saltash from 1895-1897.