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Norris Marsden

Details

Forename Norris
Surname Marsden
Middle Name
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 29
Address 279 Gidlow Lane, Wigan
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Lance-Corporal
Occupation or place of work Bispham Hall Colliery & Church Iron Works Ince (maybe a clerk)
Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps 2nd Batt
Day of Death 8
Month of Death September
Year of Death 1916
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial St Sever Cemetery , Rouen
Regiment Number R/18479
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Brother of Verna Marsden, Norris Marsden was a member of the extended Marsden family who ran Messrs Coop and Co. in Dorning Street, Wigan. Norris' father worked at Coops. [Information supplied by a descendant of Norris Marsden]
Connected to Bispham Hall Colleries
Son of Harry and Elizabeth
CWGC, Ancestry and Wigan Grammar School Old Boys Association, WO 16/9/16, WO 12/8/16 - wounded