Unit/Regiment | Royal Field Artillery |
Battalion | 502nd Howitzer Bty. |
Rank | Driver |
Service Number | 1438 & 740771 |
Theatre of War first served in | 740771 |
Date of entry therein | |
Age at Death | 25 |
Date of Death | 12/07/1917 |
Burial/Memorial | Etaples Military Cemetery, France |
CWGC Family Details | Husband of Edith Marshall, of 141, Duckpool Rd., Maindee, Newport, Mon. “Peace perfect peace” |
Born | Kensal Rise, Middlesex 1894 |
Enlisted | Newport, Mon. Feb 1915 |
Resided | 141, Duckpool Road, Maindee, Newport, Mon |
How Died | Died of wounds, 46 Stationary Hospital |
Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
Medal Entitlement | British War Medal Victory Medal |
Notes | Also 740771 Royal Field Artillery |
Bert Marshall's Story
Family
Bert Marshall was born in 1894 in Kensal Rise, Middlesex to parents Arthur and Alice. Like most of the soldiers listed on the Orb War Memorial Bert came to Newport in search of a job. In 1914 he married Edith King and the couple had one child born in 1915.
Military
Bert enlisted in the army in February 1915 and served in Royal Field Artillery with the Howitzer Battery.
He died of wounds at the 46 Stationary Hospital on 12th July 1917 and is remembered at Etaples Military Hospital in France. Edith had the inscription “Peace perfect Peace” put onto his grave stone. Bert was 25 years old when he died. Edith received his war gratuity payment of £5.00