Private Harold Marshall

Private Harold Marshall

Army Number: 265909 (formerly 3284)

Battalion: 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

British 15 Star, British War and Victory Medal

Born at Arnold, Nottingham. Son of William H. and Mary Ann Marshall, of 58, Duke Street, Arnold, Nottingham. He was a coal miner. Enlisted at Nottingham, went to France 28th June 1915 and was killed in action, 1st July 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Gommecourt, France, on the first day of the Battle of the Somme.

Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Thiepval Memorial, France.

Private Marshall is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Arnot Hill Park War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Mary’s Church War Memorial, Arnold, Nottinghamshire.
St. Paul’s Church War Memorial, Daybrook, Nottinghamshire.
Mapperley War Memorial, Mapperley, Nottingham.