Francis Henry Marshall

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.

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

Not Researched

UK & Other Memorials

Monken Hadley Village Memorial, Hadley Common Memorial

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

Acknowledgments

Taff Williams
David Harbott