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Surname: MARSDEN
Forename(s): Louis Carr
Place of Birth: Salterforth, Yorkshire
Service No: 18615
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Coldstream Guards
Battalion / Unit: 2nd Battalion
Division: Guards Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1918-12-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: ---
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: SALTERFORTH CEMETERY
Local War Memorial: SALTERFORTH, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Louis (Lewis) Carr Marsden was the son of John and Ann Marsden, née Dean. John was born at Salterforth and Ann at Bentham, Yorkshire. Louis was the uncle of Private Bertie Wallbank (12/3857) (q.v.).
1891 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Cottage - Lewis Carr Marsden, aged 2 years, born Salterforth, son of John and Ann Marsden.
1901 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Harry Street - Lewis C. Marsden, aged 12 years, born Salterforth, son of John and Ann Marsden.
1911 Salterforth, Yorkshire Census: Park View Terrace - Lewis Carr Marsden, aged 22 years, born Salterforth, son of John and Ann Marsden.
The British Army Pension Record for Lewis Carr Marsden exists but may be incomplete.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Lewis Carr Marsden, 18615, C. Gds. Date of Discharge: 24.12.17. Enlistment: 24.7.16. [Lewis received the Silver War Badge.]
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Lewis C. Marsden, 18615, C. Gds.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Lewis Carr Marsden, 18615, 2nd Btn Coldstream Guards. Date and Place of Death: Disch'd 24.12.17. Died since. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow and Grantee - Alice A. £6 0s. 0d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Lewis Carr Marsden, 18615, 5 Bn Coldstream Guards. Discharged. Address: Park View, Salterforth, Via Colne, Lancs.
Lewis was married to Alice Ann Barritt on the 25 November 1918. Alice was the sister of Private John Robert Barritt (29087) (q.v.) and cousin of Private Frank Barritt (69798) (q.v.). She married Albert William Gascoigne in 1945.
The 1921 Census shows that Alice and her daughter Louie were living with her parents, Oates Sagar and Margaret Alice Barritt, at 38, Station Road, Foubridge [sic], Lancashire. The 1939 Register shows that Alice (later Gascoigne, born 11 August 1893) and Louie (later Huggins, born 1 June 1919), were living at 33, Regent Street, Nelson, Lancashire. Louie married Allan Huggins in 1942. Alice died in 1967.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
MARSDEN, Lewis C., aged 29, Park View, [Salterforth], died from pneumonia 1917.
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Private Louis Carr MARSDEN
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Coldstream Guards
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: Guards Division
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13 December 1918
SALTERFORTH – EX-GUARDSMAN’S DEATH FROM PNEUMONIA
The death occurred on Saturday, at Foulridge, of ex-Private Lewis Carr Marsden, after a brief illness from pneumonia. Deceased, who was 29 years of age, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Marsden, of Park View, Salterforth. He was discharged from the Army about a year ago after 18 months’ service in the Coldstream Guards, with whom he served about six months in France, where he was severely gassed. Only a fortnight before his death he married Miss Alice A. Barrett, of Foulridge, and went to reside at that village. His wife is down with the same complaint. Mr. Marsden had spent his whole career, prior to joining the Army, in the service of Messrs. R. Brown and Son, farmers and butchers, Salterforth and Barnoldswick, and was a man of sterling character, esteemed by all who knew him. The funeral took place yesterday (Thursday) at Salterforth Cemetery.
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My great great grandad.