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EDWIN JOHN MARSH

Died : 30 Oct 1915

Rank : Sergeant

Service no at death: 6457

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Surname:	MARSH
Forename:	EDWIN JOHN
Initials:	E J
Date of Birth	1882
Place of Birth	Winterbourne Kingston
Place of Birth Source	UK Soldiers died
Address	1911 High Street, Puddletown
Schools attended

Employment / trade	Groom (domestic)
Place of work
Family (parents and grandparents)	Son of George Marsh (1852-1911) and Maria Christopher (1854-1911) Grandparents - James (1799-1877) and Sarah (1825- ) Christopher
Spouse Name	Charlotte Davis m. 1906 (Living at High Street, Sturminster Marshall in 1917) 3 children
Notes

Regiment at call-up	Devonshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up	6457
Date of attestation	-
Date of call-up	-
Area reported to	Blandford
Source	UK soldiers who died

Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service details	1901 Census Private in Militia living at Dorchester Depot Barracks Disembarked at Boulogne 13 Jul 1915 War Diary note - Forwarding report of reconnaisance made by Sgt Marsh in vicinity of Hooge. Corps Commander has endorsed report "A very good piece of work and deserving of recognition". I am to ask that Sgt Mars's name be submitted for immediate reward 28 Oct 1915. (Copy of report and map on Ancestry).
Other rank	Sergeant
Other service no
Service facts

Age at death	33
Date of death	30 Oct 1915
Regiment at death	Dorsetshire Regiment
Battalion at death	6th Bn.
Rank at death	Sergeant
Circumstances of death	No reference to 30th October in War Diary
Service no at death	6457
Field of action at death
Place of death	Belgium

Location of grave	Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Position	Panel 37.
Other memorials	Brass plaque in Canford Magna Church
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