MARSH G. W.
William Marsh*
Private 23599
15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
George William Marsh, known as William, died on Tuesday 17th July 1916, aged about 19, and was remembered on the THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France.
He was born c1897 at Sutton-in-Ashfield, the son of Linda (Linney) Marsh. She later married Thomas Yates in June quarter 1900, and they lived at 6 Spring Hill, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts. In 1901, George William is listed with is mother and stepfather, and his older brother, Robert Henry Marsh.
His brother Robert Henry Marsh died ten days earlier, and is also recorded on the War Memorial. His entry on the Commonwealth War graves site quotes: "His brother William also fell".
Notts Free Press - Sutton's Roll of Honour - 10th January 1919
Marsh, Private W., Sherwood Foresters.
From
‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood
Foresters’
MARSH William. Born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts, enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield. 15th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys Regt.). Private 23599, Killed in Action, France & Flanders, 17th July 1916.
Research by Heather Faulkes
*William Marsh on most sources, including CWGC and Soldiers Died.
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