BORN HULL 1866. SON OF ROBERT MARSHALL AND SARAH HANNAH JACKSON. ENLISTED IN THE ARMY, ON 22/10/1899. SERVED IN THE BOER WAR DURING THE RELIEF OF LADYSMITH. PRIVATE 3423 7TH HUSSARS. DISCHARGED 22/08/1902. PRIOR TO THE WAR HE WAS A SHIP PAINTER. MARRIED JANUARY 1905. HIS WIFE ELIZABETH GALE ELLIS AT 8, CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL WHEN WAR BEGAN. SERVED WITH TE 3RD EYR. DISCHARGED ON 30 JAN 1917. DIED OF BRONCHITIS AND HEART DISEASE, AT HOME, ON 31/03/1917, AGED 51.
BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY.
HIS WIDOW ELIZABETH WAS BORN ON 16TH DEC 1854 AND DIED IN 1918.
First name:
ERNEST ROBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
317631
Rank:
Private
Date Died
31/03/1917
Place died:
Hull Western Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
51
8, CLYDE TERRACE, BRIGHTON STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried