2Nd Corporal EDWIN MARSDEN
Service Number: 17502
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
17th Field Coy.
Date of Death
Died 23 August 1914
Age 27 years old
Photographer: Bill Caudwell
Photographer: Bill Caudwell
- Country of Service United Kingdom
- Awards Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info 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.
- Personal Inscription BELOVED ONLY SON OF ARTHUR EDWIN AND SARAH MARSDEN SHEFFIELD
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