Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookne, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MARSH, CECIL FRANK=, Private, No. 14953, 10th (Service) Battn. Hampshire Regt., _s._ of William John Marsh, a Painter, working on Sir George A. Cooper's Hursley Park Estate, by his wife, Mary, dau. of Hilbert Whitmarsh; _b._ Winchester, 15 Aug. 1897; educ. Church of England School, Ampfield; enlisted, 4 Jan. 1915; killed in action at the Dardanelles, 21 Aug. following; _unm._ =MARSH, HENRY HERBERT STANLEY=, Major, 4th London Field Coy., R.E. 2nd London Division (T.F.), only _s._ of Thomas Herbert Marsh, of London, Engineer and Manufacturer, by his wife, Agnes Amelia, dau. of Thomas Towers, of Ontario, Canada; _b._ Toronto, Canada, 26 Oct. 1875; and was educ. Kent House, Eastbourne, and Faraday House. He began work as an engineer under Sir Benjamin Baker, and in 1897 was appointed Assistant Engineer to the City and South London Railway; subsequently he worked for Sir Alexander B. W. Kennedy; was a member of the Engineers' Lodge of Freemasons, of the Institute of Electrical Engineers, and of the Junior Institution of Engineers, and Vice-President of the Faraday House Old Students' Association. He obtained a commission in the 1st Middlesex R.E. (Volunteers) in March, 1900, and served in the South African War in command of the 2nd Service Section of that regt., for which he was mentioned in Lord Kitchener's Despatch of 29 July, 1902, and received the Queen's medal with five clasps, and was gazetted an Hon. Lieut. in the Army, 1902. He afterwards commanded the Telegraph Coy. 2nd London Divisional Engineers (T.F.), for several years, and was gazetted Capt. 3rd London Field Coy. 3 Aug. 1913, and Major, 4th London Field Coy. 10 Sept. 1914. On 14 March, 1915, he went with his company to France, and was wounded by a shell at Cuinchy, April, 1915, while superintending a working party under fire, and died the following day. He was buried in Bethune Town Cemetery. The A.A. and G.M.G. wrote "We have lost in your husband not only a friend, but a really good officer, whose value lay in his keenness and conscientious sense of duty." He _m._ at St. Jude's, South Kensington, 20 April, 1904, Grace Marie (86, Lansdowne Road, London, W.), 2nd dau. of the late Francis Cheyne Hare, late 53rd Regt. and had issue: Thomas Francis Herbert, _b._ 9 Nov. 1905; Agnes Marie, _b._ 1 June, 1908, and Margaret Grace, _b._ 19 May, 1912. [Illustration: =Henry H. S. Marsh.=] =MARSHALL, ALBERT FRANK=, Plumber, 340898, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MARSHALL, ALFRED ERNEST=, Leading Stoker, 293716, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MARSHALL, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4648), 212798, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =MARSHALL, AUGUSTUS DE LA PERE=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. East Lancashire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the late John Harcourt Hamilton Marshall, by his wife, Blanche Isabella (73, Muswell Road, Muswell Hill, N.), dau. of Augustus De la Pere Robinson, of Cloughkeating Castle, co. Tipperary; _b._ Melbourne, Australia, 23 Nov. 1892; educ. Seapoint High School, Cape Town, and Bedford Modern School. He joined the 28th London Territorials (Artists' Rifles), 16 April, 1912, and on the outbreak of war volunteered for foreign service, and went to France, 26 Oct. 1914. He was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., and was posted to the 2nd East Lancashires, 27 March, 1915. He was killed in action during the attack on Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; and was buried in "Cameron Lane," off the La Bassée Road, near Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ He was a keen cricketer and hockey player. He won his Second Cricket XI when at Bedford, was Capt. of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Cricket Club, and Vice-Capt. of the Bowes Park Hockey Club. [Illustration: =Augustus De la P. Marshall.=] =MARSHALL, EVELYN SAFFREY=, Capt., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., 6th _s._ of the Rev. Edward Thory Marshall, M.A., Vicar of Sutton-in-the-Isle, Hon. Canon of Ely, by his wife, Lucy Charlotte Emma, dau. and co-heiress of the Rev. Charles Henry Knight, of Barrells, Warwickshire; _b._ Manea, Isle of Ely, 28 Jan. 1887; educ. Stancliffe Hall School and Repton; and Camborne School of Mines; volunteered on the outbreak of war, and joined the Empire Battn. Royal Fusiliers, Sept. 1914, as a Motor-cycle Despatch Rider; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. Royal Warwickshire Regt. 25 Jan. 1915, and promoted Capt. 7 Aug. 1915; left for Gallipoli, 19 June, 1915, and took part in both evacuations at the end of the year; was specially mentioned for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field, in Gen. Monro's Despatches from the Dardanelles; joined Mesopotamian Relief Force, March, 1916, and died in Hospital on 6 April of wounds received the previous day at Falahiyeh (El Hannel); _unm._ In reporting his death, Col. Gordon wrote: "We are all most deeply grieved. He led his company most gallantly at Falahiyeh, and in no small measure contributed to the brilliant success and capture of the Turkish trenches. He was one of the noblest men I have ever known, brave to a fault, modest, warmhearted, cheerful when everyone else was depressed, enduring and the most capable leader of men. His company was devoted to him, and all wanted to stay by him on his stretcher." A brother officer wrote: "At Suvla, when most people fell sick, he was one of the mainstays of the battn., and kept things going when most others were ready to give in. I can remember how at one time he hung on with great grit against an overcoming sickness which would have sent others down to the hospital ship." Another letter said: "All his men worshipped him, and would have followed him anywhere." An officer wounded in Gallipoli told how Capt. Marshall practically saved his life by ripping the fleecy lining out of his coat and sending him down to the hospital in it. His brother, Capt. J. E. Marshall, was also killed in action (see his notice). [Illustration: =Evelyn Saffrey Marshall.=] =MARSHALL, GEORGE FREDERICK=, Private, No. 11469, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of John William Marshall, by his wife, Isabella (41, Curzon Street, Birmingham), dau. of William Hoare; _b._ Birmingham, 30 May, 1890; educ. Cowper Street Council School there; was a Brass Polisher; enlisted 5 Sept. 1914; went to the Front, 5 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Cambrin, 9 July, 1915, by a rifle grenade while on sentry duty; _unm._ An officer of his battn. wrote to his brother: "He was killed by a rifle grenade which fell into the trench close by him, but as he was shot through the heart death must have been instantaneous and quite painless.... Ever since I have known him, some three months, your brother did well in everything, being one of the first to volunteer for a patrol about five weeks ago, and, which is a more difficult thing than any momentary act of bravery, whether in the trenches or in billets, he in |