Walter James Marshall
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Corporal 266676 (formerly 4849)
Parents: William James and Mary Ann Marshall
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: 3 View Place, Salisbury Road, Downend, Bristol. Lived: Hanham Road, Hanham, Bristol (1911 Census) and Frome Place, Stapleton, Bristol (1901 Census)
Pre-war occupation: Scholar on 1911 Census
Date of birth: 1897
Date of death: 25/01/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Christ Church, Downend, Bristol
Age: 20
Further information:
Walter James Marshall was born in 1897 and Baptised at St James, Mangotsfield on 4 July 1897.
Walter served with the 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and Died of Wounds 25/01/1918 at Whalley Military Hospital, Lancashire.
Walters older brother William also died during the war.
Walter Marshall is commemorated on the Downend Christ Church Memorial and the Staple Hill Page Park Memorial.
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), Researcher John Davis.