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Sapper

Frederick Marsh

Service Number 262615
Military Unit 904th Area Improvement Company Royal Engineers
Date of birth 23 Jan 1899
Date of Death 04 Sep 1918 (19 Years Old)
Place of Birth Gibsmere Bleasby Nottinghamshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies Most of the Marsh boys trained as joiners or carpenters. As Fred became a Royal Engineer it seems likely that he also had some woodwork training.
Family History

Frederick Marsh was born in 1899 at Bleasby and was one of eight children, six boys and two girls, born to Joseph and Emily Marsh (née Coleman). His father Joseph was born in 1857 at Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire, and his mother Emily Coleman was born in 1853 in Aylesford, Kent. They were married in 1881 (Southwell Registration District) and had the following children: Daisy b1884, Frank b1885, Alfred b1887, Olive b1889, Charles b1891, George Herbert b1894, Joseph Edwin b1896 and Frederick b1899 who were all were born at Bleasby. Joseph was a wheelwright and carpenter and had taken over a business that had been founded by his father, also Joseph Marsh. The business was conducted in premises next to the 'Waggon and Horses' in Gypsy Lane, Bleasby. In the 1911 census the family was living at Bleasby and shown as Joseph 54 yrs, his wife Emily 58 yrs and three of their children, George Herbert 17 yrs and Joseph Edwin 15 yrs who were both apprentices to their father and Frederick 12 yrs a scholar.

Military History

Sapper Frederick Marsh enlisted at Nottingham on 7th March 1917 and served with 546th Field Company Royal Engineers. He landed in France in June 1918 and died of wounds received in action on 1st September 1918 at No 16 General Hospital, France. He is buried at Mount Huon Military Cemetery, Seine-Maritime, France (grave ref. VIII. F. 14A).

Extra Information

CWGC headstone personal inscription: 'Son of J&E Marsh Bleasby Nottingham aged 19 years.' His brother George Herbert Marsh also served during the Great War. He enlisted in the army on 26th October 1910 and was discharged on 11th July 1917 due to illness. He was awarded a Silver War Badge No. 497222. He saw no service overseas. He died on 24th June 1923 from tuberculosis and was buried at St Marys Churchyard, Bleasby. Another brother Joseph Edwin Marsh attested on 11th December 1915 at Mansfield, aged 19 yrs and 10 months of age. He was posted to the Reserves and mobilised on 24th January 1916 when he joined the Sherwood Foresters at its depot at Derby. He transferred on 14th April 1916 to the Royal Scots but was discharged on 19th May 1916 as 'unlikely to become an efficient solder.'

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