Private James Marsh

Service Number: 7605

2nd Bn. Border Regiment

Killed in Action 18th December 1914, aged 30

Husband of Mrs. Marsh, 17 Earl Street, Burnley

From The Burnley Express and Advertiser dated 9th January 1915: THE DEATH ROLL. BURNLEY BORDERER KILLED.

Mrs Marsh of 17 Earl Street, Burnley received intimation from the war office on Tuesday that her husband Private James Marsh of the Border Regiment, had been killed in action on December 18th. Private Marsh who was 30 years of age, served 3 years with the Colours, and was doing 9 years on the reserve.  During his time with the regulars he spent 18 months in South Africa after the Boer War.  He had been working at Barden Pit, and was well-known and greatly respected in the Burnley Lane district.

Two brothers are with the Territorials in Egypt, and another, a Sergeant, is acting as a drill instructor to the King's Own.

Commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium: Panel 6.