Name
Arthur George Marshall
15 November 1886
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/08/1917
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
204123
Canadian Infantry
15th Bn. (1st Ontario Regt.)
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
VIMY MEMORIAL
France
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Monken Hadley Village Memorial, Hadley Common Village Memorial, St Paul's Church Memorial, Hadley Wood
Pre War
Arthur George Marshall was born in Enfield, Middlesex on 15 November 1886, the son of George and Emma Marshall (nee Meadows) and one of six children.
On the 1891 Census the family were living at Greenwood. near Hadley Wood Station, Enfield, Middlesex, where his father was working as a farm labourer. He was recorded as living there in 1901 and 1911, at which time his occupation was carter contractor and their residence was identified as 'Bailiffs Cottage', Greenwood.
He emigrated to Canada, probably with his brother Francis, and was living and working as a farmer in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan at the time of enlistment.
Wartime Service
He enlisted in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on 11 January 1916 and joined the Central Ontario Regiment. Whilst in training in Canada he was hospitalised with influenza between 10 -16 September 1916 at Camp Hughes. His unit sailed from Halifax, Nova Scotia on 26 September 1916 on the SS Laconia, arriving in Liverpool on 6 October 1916. He was then transferred to the 96th, then 92nd Battalions in October 1916 before being transferred again to the 5th Reserve Battalion, then 15th Battalion before proceeding to France on 4 April 1917.
Arthur was killed in action on the morning of 15 August 1917 during an attack north of Loos and was reported as having been seen dead in no man's land. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, France.
Additional Information
$C 64 . 28cts Back pay and gratuities, but not showing to whom paid. No record of which medals were issued on Canadian forms, but medals were issued and a Memorial Cross was sent to his mother.
Brother of Francis Henry Marshall who also served with the Canadian Forces and was killed in action in 1916.
Acknowledgments
Taff Williams, Brenda Palmer
David Harbott, www.stpaulshadleywood.org., www.canada.ca
