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VC1146 James Neville Marshall
Name James Neville Marshall No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 1146 Awards VC MC & Bar
Regiment Irish Guards (Special Reserve) attached to 16th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Later
Now
Rank VC Won A/Lieutenant-Colonel
Rank End Of Career A/Lieutenant-Colonel
Place Of Birth 2 Crosby Place, Steven Street, Stretford, Manchester, Lancashire, England
Place Of Death Sambre-Oise Canal, Catillon, France
Buried/Location Ashes Ors Communal Cemetery, 4 miles east of Le Cateau, Nord, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated 8 November 1918
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. In line with A-22
Gazetted 13 February 1919
VC Presented 12 April 1919 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his widow, Edith Maud
Memorials
P Headstone, Ors Communal Cemetery, 4 miles east of Le Cateau, Nord, France
P Named on War Memorial, St Mary's Parish Church, Old Harlow, Essex
P Named on War Memorial Cross, St Mary's Parish Churchyard, Old Harlow, Essex
Named on War Memorial, London Road, Potter Street, Harlow, Essex
Roll of Honour, St Mary At Latton, The Gowers, Harlow, Essex
P Named on War Memorial, Birmingham University, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands
P War Memorial, King Edward VI's School, Vicarage Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Walk of Heroes, Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands
P Ring of Remembrance (L'Anneau de la Mémoire), Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Pas-de-Calais, France
P Victoria Cross Paving Stone, Sunken Garden, Trafford Town Hall, GTR Manchester
Named on War Memorial, Old Harlow Baptist Church, Fore Street, Old Harlow, Essex
P Blue Plaque, Stretford Public Hall, GTR Manchester
By The Way…
In 1914 he served with the 1st Regiment of the Field Artillery, Belgian Army until discharged medically unfit, decorated with Belgian Croix de Guerre and the Chevalier de l'Ordre Leopold with oak leaf
VC Held By
Irish Guards, Guards Museum, Wellington Barracks, Birdcage Walk, London, England
BORN 12 June 1887
DIED 4 November 1918 AGE 31
VC Won 4 November 1918 AGE 31
Place VC Won Near Catillon, France
War/Campaign First World War 1918