William Marsh
Memorial: Mangotsfield - St James Place
Regiment: Machine Gun Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 10351
Parents: Thomas and Ellen Marsh (nee Nichols)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Oaklands Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Chocolate Moulder
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: St. James Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 09/10/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: St. James Church, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Age: 23
Further information:
Served in 110th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Royal Naval Division – previously served in Gloucestershire Regiment as Battalion Machine Gunner
Died in the Western Hospital, Torquay, Devon of wounds received in the fighting at Flers-Courcelette, France
The CWGC states that William Marsh has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France, which is incorrect. He suffered a gunshot wound to the pelvis, a fractured pelvis and septicaemia and was transferred to the Western Hospital, Torquay where he died and was subsequently buried in Mangotsfield
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Hospital Admissions, War Diary, Death Certificate, Pay Book, Will, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. UK Censuses, National Archives, David Blackmore