Name
Phillip Marshall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
01/03/1915
27
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
3/8565
Bedfordshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 /15 Star, British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
La Chapelle Farm Memorial 11.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Royston Town Memorial
Pre War
Phillip's parents were Steven and Elizabeth Marshall.
Wartime Service
To France 23rd November 1914.
Additional Information
His brother, Private Herbert Marshall, was killed in action on the 18th June 1915, whilst serving with the Army Service Corps.
Phillip and his brother Herbert 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(*1) 1915. AGED 28 YEARS(*1).
AND OF HERBERT FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED OF WOUNDS IN FRANCE JUNE 18TH 1915. AGE 39 YEARS.
*1 CWGG gives March 1st and age as 26.
Acknowledgments
Paul Johnson
