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.