Name
Herbert Marshall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
18/06/1915
39
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Driver
M2/074520
Army Service Corps
Attached 22nd Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Artillery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HINGES MILITARY CEMETERY
B.19
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town Memorial
Pre War
Son of Stephen and Elizabeth Marshall, of Royston, Herts.; husband of Elizabeth H. Marshall, of 27, Downs Rd., Enfield, Middx.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database records that he was born in Bassingbourn, Royston, Herts. and was living in Enfield when he enlisted in London.
The above address would have been recorded after Herbert's death and may mean that he has no direct connection to Royston. More research is required his connection or otherwise.
Wartime Service
To France 6th May 1915.
Died of wounds.
Additional Information
His brother, Phillip Marshall, died of wounds on the 7th March 1915 in Belgium, whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment.
Herbert and his brother Phillip are also commemorated on the family headstone in Royston Church Additional Burial Ground. Their inscription reads:
ALSO OF PHILIP EIGHTH SON OF THE ABOVE [Steven and Elizabeth Marshall] WHO WAS KILLED IN FRANCE MARCH 7TH 1915. AGED 28 YEARS.
AND OF HERBERT FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE JUNE 18TH 1915. AGE 39 YEARS.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
