Name
Francis Henry Marshall
1883
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/06/1916
33
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
12869
Canadian Infantry
5th Bn.
"B" Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
LARCH WOOD (RAILWAY CUTTING) CEMETERY
V. C. 22.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
OUR BRAVE LAD GIVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM PEACE PERFECT PEACE
UK & Other Memorials
Monken Hadley Village Memorial, Hadley Common Memorial. St Paul's Church Memorial, Hadley Wood
Pre War
Son of George Marshall and Emma (nee Meadows) of ‘Bailiffs Cottage’, Greenwood, Hadley Wood.
He was living with parents up and till 1912, when he emigrated to Canada. It would appear that he took up residence in Ontario and worked as a farm labourer.
His medical records show that he was a heavy smoker, but was teetotal.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in the Canadian army on 14 Sep 1914, on a pay rate of $C15 per month which he had paid to his father.
He was promoted LCPL 10 Jan 1916 and killed in action on 2 Jun 1916 during an attack south East of Zillebeke.
Additional Information
Back pay of $C72.77 sent to England. Not entitled to a gratuity.
His mother, Mrs E Marshall, Greenwood, Hadley Wood, Barnet, Herts, ordered his headstone inscription, which reads: "OUR BRAVE LAD GIVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM PEACE PERFECT PEACE".
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams, Brenda Palmer
David Harbott
