Montague Wilfred Markham
Memorial: Badminton Memorial Hall - Hayes Lane
Regiment: Scots Guards
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Second Lieutenant
Parents: Edwin and Emily Evelyn Lucy Markham
Marital status: Married
Home address: Home Address: Badminton Lived: 1901 Census – Boarder at Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey
Pre-war occupation: Agent
Date of birth: 20/11/1884
Date of death: 29/08/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Tyne Cot Memorial (Panel 10)
Age: 32
Further information:
Some records spell Montague without the ‘e’.
Montague was born on 20/11/1884 – Baptised St Mary and Eanswythe Church, Folkstone 18/12/1884. He married Dorothy Ram in Kensington on 17/09/1914. Montague and Dorothy had one daughter Rosemary born 14 July 1916.
Montague’s father was Lieut-General Sir Edwin Markham in the British Army. He died in April 1918 aged 85. On the 1891 Census, the family lived in St George’s Hannover Square, London
There is a remembrance plaque to Montague in St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton which adds the fact that he was an agent at Badminton for 10 years.
He was also a shareholder in the Great Western Railway company together with Abel Ram (Father in law) and Major Lionel Smith.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Volunteer Researcher John Davis.