BORN HULL 1878. SON OF ELIZABETH MARSH & THE LATE RICHARD ALBERT HOLNESS (1848–1898). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN. BOATSWAIN OF THE TRAWLER ‘EROS, SUNK BY A MINE ON 08/06/1918. HIS BROTHER WILLIAM ALBERT HOLNESS WAS ALSO LOST AT SEA ON 05/11/1915, AGED 33. BOTH BROTHERS ARE COMMEMORATED ON LONDON’S TOWER HILL MEMORIAL TO MISSING SAILORS.
First name:
JOHN MARSH
Regiment:
Rank:
Bosun
Date Died
08/06/1918
Place died:
TOWER HILL NAVAL MEMORIAL, LONDON, UK
Age:
40
