BORN HULL 21/o3/1896. PARENTS CHARLES JOHN MARSH (1851-1891) & ANNIE MARSH, OF 1 BARNSLEY STREET, HULL AND 76, VICTOR STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A PLATER’S HELPER, FROM GREENWICH, LONDON. HE HAD FIVE BROTHERS AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7 INCHES TALL, 37 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, & BROWN HAIR, FRESH COMPLEXION.
HE ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY, ON 29TH NOVEMBER 1914. SERVED AS A STOKER ON HMS “INVINCINLE”, ON 3RD JUNE 1915. DROWNED AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND, ON 31/05/1916, AGED 19.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARYS CHURCH, LOWGATE MEMORIAL. & THE PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL
First name:
ALBERT
Regiment:
Military Number:
SS115756
Rank:
Stoker
Date Died
31/05/1916
Place died:
Sea
Age:
19
