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Edward George Marsden

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Joanne

Joanne Report 18 Dec 2014 05:57

Hi
Im trying to find ww1 records for Edward George Marsden -
Edward with Band,5th Dragoon Guards,Tempe Bloemfontain,South Africa-to be attached to the Kings.D Guards,Hounslow 10th April 1907 aged 15 years.
I cant seem to locate any records?
Many Thanks
Joanne

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 18 Dec 2014 07:21

Where have you got those details from ?

When and where was he born?

The records might have been lost during WW2

+++DetEcTive+++

+++DetEcTive+++ Report 18 Dec 2014 09:42

Aren't 'The Guards' records still with them, or is that post WW1?

Maddie

Maddie Report 18 Dec 2014 11:11

is this him
discharged for misconduct 11.11.1911
appointed bandsman 17.02.1908
next of kin brother Alexander, Warren Farm School Brighton


British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription
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First name(s) EDWARD
Last name MARSDEN
Birth year 1892
Birth parish BRIGHTON
Birth town BRIGHTON
Birth county SUSSEX
Birth country ENGLAND
Service number 426
Rank -
Regiment Dragoons
Document Type Attestation
Attestation year 1907
Attestation Day 9
Attestation Month 4
Attestation age years 15
Attestation age months -
Attestation Corps Dragoons
Attestation service number 426
Discharge Corps Dragoons
Series chelsea pensioners british army service records 1760-1913
Box 5465
Box Record Number 33
Record set British Army Service Records 1760-1915
Category Military, armed forces & conflict
Record collection Regimental & service records
Collections from Great Britain

Transcriptions © brightsolid online publishing ltd

from Find my past

Maddie

Maddie Report 18 Dec 2014 11:44

if the above is correct a tree on ancestry has this


Birth
1892 Jun
Sussex, East Sussex, England

Residence
1901 Age: 9
Rottingdean, Sussex, England
Warren Farm Unsure when the children came here - between 1893 and 1901

Military
1907 10 Apr Age: 14
Hounslow, Middlesex, England
Band 5th Dragoon Guards,Tempe Bloemfontein, South Africa-to be attached to the Kings.D Guards,Hounslow for the present)

Education
1907 10 Apr Age: 14
Sussex, East Sussex, England
Warren Farm School Workhouse 10 April 1907 Marsden, Edward 15 years (1892) M To Band, 5th Dragon Guards, Tempe Bloemfontain, South Africa - To be atached to the Kings D. Guards, Hounslow for the present A smart-lad & wel-behaved. Was in the Fifth Sta

Marriage to Mary Smith Carty
1925 Dec Age: 33
Barton, Yorkshire North Riding, North Yorkshire
Vol 8c page 1074

Professional Trombone Player
1930 Age: 38
England
Played for Eccles borough band

Occupation
1936 Jul Age: 44
Swinton, Lancashire, England
Manr; Swinton Subdistrict Office

Residence
1936 Jul Age: 44
Manchester, Swinton Subdistrict Office

Death
Salford, Lancashire, England
Death, Run over by a lorry on East lancashire Road Salford while walking home from work


and the brother Alexander


Birth
1893 15 Jul
Brighton, Sussex, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Living at 32 New England Street, Brighton, England.

Residence
1901 Age: 8
Rottingdean, Sussex, England
Alexander & older brothers Edward & Frederick all Inmates of this workhouse... Abandoned by mother & then later by their father who apparently could not cope???

Census
1901 Age: 8
Rottingdean, Sussex, England
Warren Farm Industrial School Workhouse

Residence
1901 Age: 8
Rottingdean, Sussex, England

Address
1908 25 Sep Age: 15
Cairo, Al Qahirah, Egypt
Left Warren Farm School Today 25 September 1908 Marsden, Alexander 15 years (1893) M Band Iniskiling, Cairo, Egypt A smart intelligent boy. Passed Standard VI. Well advanced in his trade, Shoe making, and shewed exceptional ability on the Cornet.

Residence
1911 2 Apr Age: 17
Military, England

Residence
1911 2 Apr Age: 17
Military, England
All the sources I have also say that the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons were in India on the outbreak of war. However, "Soldiers Died in the Great War" lists 18 men from the the 6th who died on 30th October 1914. Checking them against the CWGC database rev

Census
1911 Age: 18
Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India
WW1 , B SQUADRON INNISKILLING DRAGOONS, MHOW, INDIA RG14 Piece: 34980 Reference: RG14PN34980 RD641 SD5 ED22 SN9999 1911 Person: MARSDEN, Alexander Institution: B Squadron 6th Inniskilling Dragoons, B SQUADRON INNISKILLING DRAGOONS, MHOW,

Stories (1)

Military
1911 Age: 18
Mhow Centra India Overseas Military
Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India WW1 , B SQUADRON INNISKILLING DRAGOONS, MHOW, INDIA RG14 Piece: 34980 Reference: RG14PN34980 RD641 SD5 ED22 SN9999

Residence
1914 Age: 21
Mhow Centra India Overseas Military
WW1 - Dragoon Guards Band,5th Dragoon Guards,Tempe Bloemfontain,South Africa-to be attached to the Kings.D Guards,Hounslow for the present) 10th April 1907 D2569

Military
1914 Age: 21
WW1

Military
1914 -1920 Age: 21
France and Flanders

Height
1915 16 Mar Age: 21
London, England
5 Ft 6 1/4 inches Enlisting examination to regular army states fact. Declared age at time 25, weight 141 lbs( 10 Stone) Regimental number 612815

Occupation
1917 8 Jan Age: 23
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Admitted to East Leeds War Hospital, Harehills Road, Leeds. War Injuries (POW) 8.1.1917 (My Birthday!)

Medical
1917 10 Mar Age: 23
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Admitted to East Leeds War Hospital, Harehills Road, Leeds. War Injuries (POW) admitted on 8.1.1917 (My Birthday!)

Residence
1918 Age: 25
Delph Lane, Woodhouse, Leeds
According to WW1 papers residing at 2 Hartley Grove, Delph lane, Woodhouse, Leeds

Residence
1919 Age: 26
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland
Regiment or Corps: 6th Dragoons Regimental Number: D/2569

Residence
1920 Age: 27
Sheerness, Kent, England
95 Rose Street, Mile Town. - WW1 discharge papers state this a Alexanders address

Marriage to Henrietta Eliza Adeline Taylor
1923 18 Jun Age: 29
Eccles, St Mary, Lancashire, England
The Parish Church in the Parish of Eccles Witnesses John Henry Hill & Gladys Marsden.Henrietta gave birth to my grandfather Harrry the next day! Alex father Edward (His brothers name) stated to be on marriage cert and not Alexander?

Occupation
1923 Age: 30
Eccles, Salford, Lancashire, England
Gardener according to family stories and marriage cert

Address
1923 Age: 30
Eccles, Lancashire, England
3 Barton Lane - Address on wedding banns

Occupation
1930 Age: 37
Belle Vue,Manchester, Lancashire, England
Alexander played alongside John Dow His Son Harry's Godfather Shortly after the 1st World War, Eccles were a successful contesting band and several notable contest successes were recorded, which included July Belle Vue placings of 3rd 1919, 1st in 1921

Death
1937 6 Dec Age: 44
Barton Irwell, Lancashire, England
Gastro-enteritis

Residence
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

Residence
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

Residence
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

Also Known As
Alexander Morrison Marsden 1917

Residence
England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland

Employment
Carmarthenshire, Wales
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal//CMN/Lloyd4.html

Joanne

Joanne Report 18 Dec 2014 12:28

Maddie
Thank you very very much. Amazing, you should be a detective !!