Private John Herbert Marsh, Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Btn,WW1

Name John Herbert Marsh

Regiment Manchester Rgt. 2nd/7th Btn

Service Rank and Number Private 400602

Military Cemetery/Memorial Coxyde Military Cemetery

Ref No. of Grave or Memorial I.L.53

Country of Cemetery/Memorial Belgium

Medals Awarded British War Medal 1914-1920 and The Victory Medal 1914 -1919

Date and Circumstances of Death Killed in action in France on 23rd July 1917 aged 25

Biographical Details Known Herbert was born in 1892 in Northop. His parents were Thomas
(a stonemason) and Mary Marsh. The family, originally from Birkenhead, appear in the census returns of 1891 and 1901 - living in Yacht Terrace, High Street, Northop. By 1901 there were at least ten children and Herbert was probably the seventh born. Before joining the army he worked at the Motor Garage, Chester Road. (Mold?) In 1914 he married Annie Williams from Fron Fownog, Sychdyn. Herbert was killed in 1917 leaving his wife and two daughters, Rosalind and Nellie.

The Marsh family from Northop provided several servicemen for the First World War. Herbert's older brother Edwin Arthur Marsh (Royal Field Artillery 79662) was also killed and he is remembered on the Parish Memorial in the church at Northop and has his own page on this website.

Both boys are commemorated on a Marsh Family grave in Northop churchyard.