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MARSH Francis Bedford 2/Lt

Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20947

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Title
MARSH Francis Bedford 2/Lt
Date
2000-2024
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Surname: MARSH;

Forename(s): Francis Bedford;

Initials: FB;

Rank: 2/Lt;

Born in: Kingston-upon-Thames;

Previous Battalion: 2/4 of;

Previous Regiment: R W Surrey Regt;

Date of transfer to MGC: 28-Feb-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 69 Coy;

How killed: DOW;

Where: France;

When killed: 05-Oct-1916;

Other Data: Uppingham School Register 1888-1960: b. Nov 1896 son of E Marsh, Kingston, Surrey. At School 1910-1914 Lt RW Surrey R & MGC. Dow Oct 1916

Inns of Court OTC Register: 4/4134 10/6/1915, RW Surrey R 21/11/1915 att MGC, France, 2 Lt, dow 5/10/1916
born 22/11/1896 at Kingston upon Thames. Father: Ernest Marsh (Miller & Corn Merchant) Mother: Sarah Elizabeth (nee Marriage) Family Address: Coombe Berry Cottage, Kingston Hill, Combe. Educated: Uppingham. 6' 7" in height.
Enlisted 10/6/1915 - 20/11/1915 (Inns of Court) - disch to Commission.
Joined 69 Coy 17/7/1916
Died 1/1 S.Midland Div CCS - buried Dernancourt
Estate: Gross Value £233/11/7d;

Other Notes: MARSH, Second Lieutenant, FRANCIS BEDFORD, 4th Bn. The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regt.) and Machine Gun Corps. 5th October 1916. Age 19. Son of Ernest and Sarah Elizabeth Marsh, of "Hatch Hill," Kingsley Green, Haslemere, Surrey. Native of Kingston Hill, Surrey. III. E. 7. Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension - Somme, France.;

Related National Archives files:
WO374/46156;

END OF RECORD.

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Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
Language
English
Creator(s)
Graham Sacker
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