E.+MARSDEN

Marsden, Edwin, Second Corporal, 17502, 17th Field Company, Royal Engineers Mentioned in Despatches Born Sheffield, Yorkshire Enlisted Sheffield Disembarked for service 18th August 1914 Killed in action 23rd August 1914 aged 27 Son of Arthur Edwin and Sarah Marsden, of "Stanmore," Heatherfield, Totley, Sheffield. He was the inventor of the improved trestle for bridge building accepted by the War Office, and known as the Marsden Band Trestle. Buried in Hautrage Military Cemetery, I, D, 12


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