Name
John Marshall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
28/05/1917
38
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
70566
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
'A' Company, 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Plot I, Row O, Grave 10.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour
Pre War
Son of George and Elizabeth (nee KNOWLES) MARSHALL of Stretton, Derbys; husband of Maud Elizabeth (nee SAWYER) MARSHALL of Watford.
His parents married 1875 at the Registry Office, Chesterfield. George died 1933 in the Chesterfield district aged 80, and was possibly buried 27 June at Morton, Derbys; Elizabeth died either 1925 aged 75, 1927 aged 76, or 1938 aged 87, in the Chesterfield district.
John was born 1878 in Stretton, and married 1916 in the Watford district. He resided in Watford. Maud remarried 1921 in the Watford district to James C BACKLER; she died 1923 in Watford aged 46, and was buried 10 May in Vicarage Road Cemetery, Watford.
There is a Marriage announcement for John in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 22 April 1916.
On the 1881 Census, aged 2 he lived in Stretton, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1891 Census, at school aged 12 he still lived in Stretton, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1901 Census, a coal miner aged 22 he still lived in Stretton, with his parents and four siblings. On the 1911 Census, a coal miner aged 32, he still lived in Stretton, with his parents and one sibling.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Chesterfield, Derby; was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed in action.
Additional Information
There is a Death announcement for John in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 9 June 1917; plus In Memoriams in the issues dated 1 June 1918 and 31 May 1919.
Unfortunately, John’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
