BORN HULL 17/05/1877. SON OF JAMES BROGDEN MARSDEN & MARY MARSDEN, OF 50 BLANKET ROW. HIS FATHER DIED ON 17/10/1889 AND THIS WAS THE FAMILY PROBATE ADDRESS. JAMES MARSDEN SERVED IN ROYAL NAVY BETWEEN 1893 – 1897. HE ENLISTED IN GRIMSBY. SERVED AS CORPORAL, 11173, WITH THE 2ND/5TH SHERWOOD FORESTERS. KILLED IN ACTION ON 21ST MARCH 1918, AGED 41.HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
HIS COUSIN, PRIVATE NOEL MARSDEN, 10TH LIVERPOOL REGIMENT, WAS KILLED ON 28/08/1917, AGED 18 AND IS ALSO COMMEMORATED ON THE ARRAS MEMORIAL.
First name:
JAMES
Military Number:
11173
Rank:
Corporal
Date Died
21/03/1918
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
41
