BORN DRIFFIELD 14/08/1895. SON OF TOM MARSON ( 1868-1948) & ANNIE ELIZABETH CAWTHORNE (1869-1948), OF 91 CLARENDON STREET, HULL. SON OF A RAILWAY RULLYMAN. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS, WALTER, HAROLD AND JOHN AND A SISTER, FLORRIE. WORKED AS A BUTCHERS ERRAND BOY (1911 CENSUS). ENLISTED IN THE ROYAL NAVY ON 06/05/1911. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6 INCHES TALL, 36 INCH CHEST, FAIR BROWN HAIR, BLUE EYES. PURCHASED OUT OF THE SERVICE. HE ENLISTED IN THE RAILWAYS PALS BATTALION. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/12/1915, AGED 20, AT THE 56TH FIELD AMBULANCE.
HE IS BURIED AT MEAULTE MILITARY CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “HE SLEEPS WITH ENGLAND’S HEROES, IN THE WATCHFUL CARE OF GOD”
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, TOM. HIS BROTHER, RIFLEMAN, HAROLD MARSON, WAS REPORTED MISSING AND A PRISONER IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/06/1918.
NB SIDNEY MARSON, RNVR, – 422 BEVERLEY ROAD, & 54 WALKER STREET, HULL.
