Marr, Samuel

BORN HULL 1881. SON OF ANTHONY MARR (1840-1906) AND ELLEN BIBBY (1843-1908). HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, FOUR SISTERS AND LIVED WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER, ELLEN BIBBY, ALL IN THE SAME HOUSE.

MARRIED ON 5/8/1905. HUSBAND OF  MARTHA (BORN 10/6/1884), OF  2, GIBSON COURT, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). THEIR CHILDREN WERE ALICE PARKINSON (BORN 4/7/1904); KATHLEEN AND ANTHONY.

HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 6TH EAST YORKSHIRE PIONEERS. KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 09/08/1915, AGED 34.

HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW MARTHA.

HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON HULL’S WILMINGTON ROLL OF HONOUR, WITH HIS BROTHER, PRIVATE, ANTHONY MARR, 8549, 2ND EYR, KILLED AT YPRES, ON 05/05/1915, AGED 29.


First name:
SAMUEL
Military Number:
10446
Rank:
Private
Date Died
09/08/1915
Place died:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Age:
34
2, GIBSON COURT, SALTHOUSE LANE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK