| Date of birth: | 1897 |
| Place of birth: | St. Mary’s, Southampton |
| Regiment: | Dorsetshire |
| Battalion: | 1st |
| Rank / Service No: | Lance Corporal, 34210 |
| Died: | 11th August 1918, aged 21 years |
| Commemorated: | Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France |
Stanley was the youngest of 4 siblings born to Thomas and Lilly Ruth Knowles (nee Marsh), who married in Southampton in 1888.
The family lived for many years at 78 Derby Road, St. Mary’s.
Thomas, a joiner, was born in Settle, Yorkshire on 28 May 1856. He died in Southampton in 1925.
Lilly was born in the city in 1862 and she passed away in 1938.
Siblings
Sidney Marsh b. 25 May 1891 St. Mary’s d. 27 March 1918 France Marreid May Alderton in Southampton in 1915. See separate story.
Ethel Elizabeth Marsh b. 1894 St. Mary’s d. 1960 Southampton Married Henry W. Norman in Southampton in 1927.
George Richard Marsh b. 1895 St. Mary’s d. 1966 Southampton
Stanley Thomas Marsh
Stanley originally attested into the Hampshire Regiment (#2308); it is not known when or why he transferred.
The Dorsetshire 1st Battalion was formed in Belfast in August 1914, part of the 15th Brigade in the 5th Division.
The battalion landed at Le Havre on 16 August 1914, and proceeded to fight in all the major battles in France and Flanders.
Stanley died during the Battle of Amiens, which began on 8 August 1918.
It was the opening phase of the Allied offensive later known as the Hundred Days Offensive, that ultimately led to the end of the war.
The Memorial bears the names of over 9,000 men who fell in the period from 8 August to the date of the Armistice in the Advance to Victory in Picardy and Artois, and have no known grave.
| Researcher: | Mark Heritage |
| Published: | 6th October 2016 |
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