Private John Marvill
Army Number : 36358
Battalion : 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.
Born at Derby and lived at 3 Brook Street, Derby. Son of Arthur and Mary Marvill, of House 1, Court 5, Kensington Street, Derby. Son of Arthur Marvill; Husband of Beatrice Ellen Marvill, of 45, Leaper Street, Derby. He was a Cattle Drover prior to enlisting 8th December 1915 at Derby. He went to France 13th November 1916 and was killed in action, 12th December 1917, aged 29. whilst serving in the line near Marcoing, France.
Buried: Ribecourt British Cemetery, France. Plot 1. Row B. Grave 15.
Private John Marvill is also commemorated on the following local memorials :-
St. Anne’s Church War Memorial, Derby.
His brother Private Arthur Marvill, 10th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment, also fell in the Great War.