William John Samuel Marshall
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 266764 (formerly 4990)
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: Labourer
Date of birth: 1895
Date of death: 19/07/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: No Known Grave – Commemorated Loos Memorial, France.
Age: 21
Further information:
William Marshall was born in 1895 and Baptised at St James, Mangotsfield on 7 April 1895.
William served with the 2nd/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment and died on 19/07/1916 (Missing presumed Killed in Action).
William's younger brother Walter also died during the war.
William 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.